Specimen-based records of geometrid, pyralid, and crambid moths (Lepidoptera) with location information from the collection of Dr. Hiroshi Inoue

As moths of the geometrid group usually live in forests and do not move long distances, they are considered to be valuable as environmental bio-indicators. Biodiversity data based on voucher specimens should have high quality and reliability. Here, we publish the records of the family Geometridae and the superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralidae and Crambidae) with time of collection and location information, i.e., latitude and longitude on the basis of the collection of Dr. Hiroshi Inoue deposited at Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO (NIAES). The collection of Geometridae covers 653 records from 615 species, collected from 1926 to 1979. The collection of Pyraloidea covers 447 records from 418 species, collected from 1949 to 1985. For the purpose, all users can access the data from the GBIF portal site with open data license CC BY 4.0; all data is published in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) through the Japan node of GBIF (JBIF).

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