Canadian entomologist
Eugene Gordon Munroe (8 September 1919 – 31 May 2008) was a Canadian entomologist who discovered numerous species of insects. He worked for the Insect Systematics and Biological Control Unit, Entomology Division in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1]
Munroe was "the acknowledged authority on the Pyraloidea worldwide for many years".[1] From 1976 to 1982, he also served as editor-in-chief of Moths of America North of Mexico.[1]
Publications
Monroe published more than 200 papers, including:
- Munroe, E.G. 1948: The geographical distribution of butterflies in the West Indies. Ph.D. thesis. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
- Munroe, E.G. 1959: New Pyralidae from the Papuan Region (Lepidoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 91(2): 102–112.
- Munroe, E.G. 1960: New Tropical Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 92(3): 164–173.
- Munroe, E.G. 1960a: A New Genus of Pyralidae and its Species (Lepidoptera). The Canadian Entomologist, 92(3): 188–192.
- Munroe, E.G., Mutuura, A. 1968: Contributions to a study of the Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) of temperate East Asia II. The Canadian Entomologist, 100(8): 861–868.
- Munroe, E.G., Mutuura, A. 1968a: Contributions to a study of the Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) of temperate East Asia I. The Canadian Entomologist, 100(8): 847–861. doi: 10.4039/Ent100847-8.
- Mutuura, A., Munroe, E.G. 1970: Taxonomy and distribution of the European corn borer and allied species: Genus Ostrinia (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, 112 (supplement 71): 1–112.
- Shaffer, J.C. & Munroe, E., 1989. Type Material Of 4 African Species Of Notarcha Meyrick, With Designations Of Lectotypes And Changes In Synonymy (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Pyraustinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91: 248-256
- Shaffer, J.C. & Munroe, E., 1989. Type material of two Peruvian species of Herpetogramma and one of Pleuroptya (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91: 414-420
