John W. Brown

John Wesley Brown (born 1951), U.S. entomologist (Lepidoptera).

• Author abbreviation: J.W. Brown
• SEL, USDA, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, National Museum Natural History, E-517, MRC 168, Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA

• 187taxon names authored by John Wesley Brown

1982

• Brown, J.W. & Faulkner, D.K., 1982. New Rhopalocera records for Southern California with the description of a new species of Habrodais Scudder (Lepidoptera: Theclinae). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 67: 6pp. 6 figs.Reference page. 

1983

• Brown, J.W., 1983. A New Species of Mitoura Scudder from Southern California (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Journal of Research in the Lepidoptera 21(4):245-254. PDF. Reference page. 

2000

• Brown, J.W. 2000. Revision of Lobogenesis Razowski and Odonthalitus Razowski (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae), with comments on their monophyly. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 102(1): 21–49. BHL Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. & Powell, J.A. 2000: Systematics of Anopina Obraztsov (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini). University of California Publications in Entomology 120: 1–128. Reference page. 

2003

• Brown, J.W. & Adamski, D. 2003: One new species and one new combination in Netechma Razowski (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 110(1): 247–254.full article (pdf). Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. & Adamski, D. 2003. Systematic revision of Anopinella Powell (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini) and phylogenetic analysis of the Apolychrosis group of genera. Zootaxa 200: 1–94. Abstract & excerpt full article (PDF).Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. & Razowski, J. 2003. Review of Inape Razowski (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini), with descriptions of five new species. Acta zoologica cracoviensia 46(3): 197–208. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. & Razowski, J. 2003a. Description of Ptychocroca, a new genus from Chile and Argentina, with comments on the Bonagota Razowski group of genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini). Zootaxa 303: 1–31. Abstract & excerpt Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Epstein, M.E. & Brown, J.W. 2003. Early stages of the enigmatic Prodidactis mystica (Meyrick) with comments on its new family assignment (Lepidoptera: Prodidactidae). Zootaxa 247: 1–16. Abstract & excerpt Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2004

• Brown, J.W., Brown, R.L. 2004: A new species of Cryptaspasma Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Central America, The Caribbean, and Southeastern United States, with a catalog of the world fauna of Microcorsini. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 106(2): 288–297. full article BHLReference page. 
• Brown, J.W., Adamski, D., Hodges, R.W. & Bahr, S.M. 2004. Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Zootaxa 510: 1–160. Abstract & excerpt full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Trematerra, P. & Brown, J.W. 2004. Argentine Argyrotaenia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): Synopsis and descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 574: 1–12. Abstract & excerpt Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2005

• Brown, J.W. 2005. World Catalogue of Insects. Volume 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) 1–741. Apollo Books. Reference page. 

2006

• Brown, J.W. & Baixeras, J. 2006. Macrocydia divergens, a new genus and species of Grapholitini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Central America. Zootaxa 1197: 45–54. Abstract & excerpt Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2009

• Rota, J. & Brown, J.W., 2009: A new genus and species of Grapholitini (Lepidoptera,Tortricidae) from Florida, U.S.A. Zookeys 23: 39-46. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.23.213. Reference page. 
• Razowski, J. & Brown, J.W. 2009. Records of Tortricidae from the Afrotropical Region, with Descriptions of New Taxa (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). SHILAP revista de lepidopterologia 37(147): 371-384. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2011

• van Nieukerken, E.J., Kaila, L., Kitching, I.J., Kristensen, N.P., Lees, D.C., Minet, J., Mitter, C., Mutanen, M., Regier, J.C., Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Yen, S-H., Zahiri, R., Adamski, D., Baixeras, J., Bartsch, D., Bengtsson, B.A., Brown, J.W., Bucheli, S.R., Davis, D.R., de Prins, J., de Prins, W., Epstein, M.C., Gentili-Poole, P., Gielis, C., Hättenschwiler, P., Hausmann, A., Holloway, J.D., Kallies, A., Karsholt, O., Kawahara, A.Y., Koster, S., Kozlov, M.V., Lafontaine, J.D., Lamas, G., Landry, J-F., Lee, S., Nuss, M., Park, K-T., Penz, C., Rota, J., Schintlmeister, A., Schmidt, B.C., Sohn, J-C., Solis, M.A., Tarmann, G.M., Warren, A.D., Weller, S., Yaklovlev, R.V., Zolotuhin, V.V. & Zwick, A.2011: Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. Pp 212–221 In:Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. . PDFReference page. 

2012

• Powell, J.A. & Brown, J.W. 2012. Fascicle 8.1, of The Moths of American North of Mexico (Tortricoidea: Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Sparganothini + Atteriini). 1-230. Reference page. 
• Razowski, J. & Brown, J.W. 2012: Descriptions of new Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) reared from native fruit in Kenya. Zootaxa 3222: 1–27. Preview. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Regier, J.C., Brown, J.W., Mitter, C., Baixeras, J., Cho, S., Cummings, M.P., Zwick, A. 2012. A Molecular Phylogeny for the Leaf-Roller Moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and Its Implications for Classification and Life History Evolution. PLoS ONE 7(4): e35574. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035574 Reference page. 

2013

• Brown, J.W. 2013b: A new genus of pine-feeding Cochylina from the western United States and northern Mexico (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini). Zootaxa 3640(2): 270–283. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3640.2.9 Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. 2013c. Two New Neotropical Species of Platynota with Comments on Platynota stultana Walsingham and Platynota xylophaea (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) No Access. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 115(2): 128–139. Reference page. 

2014

• Brown, J.W., 2014: Review of Aesiocopa Zeller, 1877, with the descriptions of two new species (Tortricidae: Sparganothini). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 68 (1): 1–9. Full article:[1]
• Brown, J.W. 2014b: Circanota: a new genus of Sparganothini from the Neotropics, and its two new species (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). ZooKeys, 462: 125–134. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.462.7647 Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. 2014c: A New Species of Amorbia from the Mountains of Northwestern Mexico (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 116(4): 373–377. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.116.4.373. Reference page. 
• Timm, A.E. & Brown, J.W. 2014: A new genus of Grapholitini from Africa related to Thaumatotibia (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). ZooKeys 438: 113-128. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.438.7490 Reference page. 

2016

• Gilligan, T.M. & Brown, J.W. 2016. A New Genus for Tortrix druana Walsingham, 1914 and a New Species from the Northern Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini: Euliina).Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 70(2): 139–144. DOI: 10.18473/lepi.70i2.a9 Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W., 2016. A New Generic Assignment for Tortrix baboquavariana Kearfott, 1907 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with Comments on Its Tribal Assignment.Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 70(2): 173–175. DOI: 10.18473/lepi.70i2.a1. Reference page. 

2017

• Brown, J.W. & Timm, A.E. 2017: Descriptions of Two New Species of Ecdytolopha Zeller, 1875 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae), One from the Southwestern U.S. and One from Venezuela, with Comments on Ecdytolopha Barcodes. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 119(1): 9-17. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.119.1.9 Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. & Timm, A.E. 2017a. Celsumaria: a new genus of Grapholitini from the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera : Tortricidae) Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 7(1): 97-108. Reference page. 

2018

• Brown, J.W., Matthews, D.L. & Miller, J.Y. 2018. Two new species of Megalota from the Bahamas (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethruetinae). Zootaxa 4455(3): 597–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.18 Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. & Sullivan, J.B. 2018. A new species of Cenopis Zeller, 1876, from the Southeastern United States (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120(3): 493-499. Reference page. 
• Heikkilä, M., Brown, J.W., Baixeras, J., Mey, W. & Kozlov, M.V. 2018. Re-examining the rare and the lost: a review of fossil Tortricidae (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 4394(1): 041–060. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.1.2 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Razowski, J. & Brown, J.W. 2018: A new genus for Argyroploce streblopa Meyrick, 1936 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 28(2): 61-65. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2019

• Brown, J.W. 2019. New genera, new species, and new combinations in New world Cochylina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae). Zootaxa 4671(2): 195–222. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.2.2. Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. 2019a. A New Species of Cyanocydia Razowski and Becker, 2012 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 121(2): 155-159. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.121.2.155 . ResearchGate .Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. 2019b. New Combinations in Sparganothini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 121(3): 366-371. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.121.3.366 . Reference page.