Rebecca Simmons
Degree Sought:
Ph.D. Entomology
Major Advisor:
Dr. Susan Weller
Address:
219 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Ave.
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN 55108-6125
phone: (612) 624-7268
FAX: (612) 625-5299
simmo023@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Education:
B.S. Bridgewater College-1992
M.S. Wake Forest University-1995
Research Interests:
I am interested in evolutionary relationships within the tiger moth family,
Arctiidae. I hope to better understand these relationships through the
comparison of morphological and molecular characters within this group.
Selected Publications:
Simmons, R.B. and W.E. Conner. Acoustic Cues in the Defense and Courtship
of Euchaetes egle Drury and E. bolteri: Stretch (Lepidoptera,
Arctiidae). J. of Insect Behavior. In press.
Presentations:
March 1996. Dept. of Entomology, University of Minnesota. Sunrise Serenade:
the Courtship of Euchaetes egle (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)
Poster, June 1995. Annual meeting of the Lepidopterists Society. Ultrasonic
Communication in Euchaetes egle, the milkweed tussock moth (Lepidoptera,
Arctiidae).
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