Ronald W. Hodges | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 7, 1934  Lansing |
| Died | December 10, 2017 (aged 83) Eugene |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Entomologist, lepidopterist |
Ronald William Hodges (August 7, 1934 – December 10, 2017), known as Ron, was an American entomologist and lepidopterist.
Hodges was born on August 7, 1934, and was raised in Michigan.[1] He was educated at Michigan State University, obtaining first a BSc then an MSc.[1] He obtained a PhD from Cornell University in 1961.[1]
Interested in moths from a young age, he obtained a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship and began researching the Gelechiidae.[1] He broke off from that work to take up a post at the Systematic Entomology Laboratory of the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, in the National Museum of Natural History.[1] He eventually left that role to return to work on gelechioid moths.[1]
He was the author of three volumes of The Moths of America North of Mexico, on the Oecophoridae, Cosmopterigidae, and Gelechiidae.[1] He served as managing director of the series' publisher, the Wedge Entomological Research Foundation and as its editor-in-chief.[1]
He introduced the MONA numbering scheme for North American moths in 1983 in the publication Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico, which he edited.[2] A MONA number is also referred to as a "Hodges number".[2]
He was elected to the Washington Biologists' Field Club in 1963 and served as its president from 1976 to 1979.[1] He was also president of the Lepidopterists' Society from 1975 to 1976; of the Maryland Entomological Society from 1973 to 1974; and of the American Association for Zoological Nomenclature from 1993 to 1995.[1]
Upon retirement in January 1997 he and his wife Elaine moved to Eugene, Oregon.[1]
He died at home in Eugene, on December 10, 2017.[3]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Hodges, Ronald - Biography". Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ a b "CheckList Plates Menu". mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu. Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ Metzler, Eric H. (2017). "Ron Hodges passed 10 Dec 2017". Taxacom. Retrieved 28 December 2017.