Robert J.B. Hoare

Robert J.B. Hoare, New Zealand lepidopterist.

New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC), Landcare Research, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand
HoareR[at]landcareresearch.co.nz

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Hoare, R.J.B., Langmaid, J.R., Simpson, A.N.B. & Young, M.R. 1999. Caryocolum blandelloides Karsholt, 1981 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the British Isles. Entomologist's Gazette 50: 149–154.

Hoare, R.J.B. 2000. A new genus of primitive Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) from eastern Australia, with a revised diagnosis of nepticulid subfamilies. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128(3): 289–317. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb00165.x Reference page.
Hoare, R.J.B. 2000. Gondwanan Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera)? Systematics and biology of the Ectoedemia (Fomoria) vannifera group. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 142: 299–316. PDF Internet Archive BHL

Hoare, R.J.B. 2001. Adventive species of Lepidoptera recorded for the first time in New Zealand since 1988. New Zealand Entomologist 24(1): 23–47. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2001.9722079 . Reference page.

Hoare, R.J.B. & Dugdale, J.S. 2003. Description of the New Zealand incurvarioid Xanadoses nielseni, gen. nov., sp. nov. and placement in Cecidosidae (Lepidoptera). Invertebrate Systematics 17: 47–57. DOI: 10.1071/IS02024

Hoare, R.J.B. 2005. Hierodoris (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechoidea: Oecophoridae), and overview of Oecophoridae. Fauna of New Zealand (54) Extract and PDF Reference page.

Hoare, R.J.B., Dugdale, J. & Watts, C. 2006. The world’s thinnest caterpillar? A new genus and species of Batrachedridae (Lepidoptera) from Sporadanthus ferrugineus (Restionaceae), a threatened New Zealand plant. Invertebrate Systematics 20: 571–583. DOI: 10.1071/IS06009

Hoare, R. 2008. Six-legged things and scaly wings: an anthology of New Zealand insect verse (mostly about moths). ISBN 978-1-86977-257-4 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-86977-258-1 (online) Downloadable PDF files

Berndt, L.A., Withers, T.M., Mansfield, S. & Hoare, R.J.B. 2009. Non-target species selection for host range testing of Cotesia urabae. New Zealand plant protection 62: 168–173. Abstract and PDF
Leschen, R.A.B., Buckley, T.R. & Hoare, R.J.B. 2009. The use of tag-names and New Zealand taxonomy. New Zealand Entomologist 32: 85–87.

Hoare, R.J.B. 2010. Izatha (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae). Fauna of New Zealand (65) Extract and PDF Reference page.
Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page. PDF. Reference page.
Patrick, B.H., Hoare, R.J.B. & Rhode, B.E. 2010. Taxonomy and conservation of allopatric moth populations: a revisionary study of the Notoreas perornata Walker complex (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae), with special reference to southern New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 37(4): 257–283. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2010.511127

van Nieukerken, E.J., van den Berg, C. & Hoare, R.J.B. 2011. A new species of the endemic Australian genus Roscidotoga Hoare from rainforests in southern Queensland (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 154(2): 193–201. DOI: 10.1163/22119434-900000318 Reference page.

Hoare, R.J.B. 2012. A new species of Hierodoris Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) with a telescopic ovipositor, from granite sand plains in Fiordland. New Zealand Entomologist 35(1): 51–57. DOI: 10.1080/00779962.2012.651776 Reference page.

Hoare, R.J.B. & van Nieukerken, E.J. 2013. Phylogeny and host-plant relationships of the Australian Myrtaceae leafmining moth genus Pectinivalva (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), with new subgenera and species. ZooKeys 278: 1–64. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.278.4743 Reference page.

Hoare, R. 2014. Review: Britain’s day-flying Moths by David Newland, Robert Still and Andy Smith. Zootaxa 3760(4): 599–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.4.10 Reference page.

van Nieukerken, E.J., Doorenweerd, C., Hoare, R.J.B. & Davis, D.R. 2016. Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea). ZooKeys 628: 65-246. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.628.9799. Reference page.

Hoare, R.J.B., Patrick, B.H. & Buckley, T.R. 2019. A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae. ZooKeys 865: 39–65. Reference page.
Patrick, B.H., Patrick, H.J.H. & Hoare, R.J.B. 2019. Review of the endemic New Zealand genus Arctesthes Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae), with descriptions of two new range-restricted species. Alpine Entomology, 3: 121–136. DOI: 10.3897/alpento.3.33944 Reference page.

Hoare, R.J.B., Patrick, B.H., Buckley, T.R. & Brav-Cubitt, T. 2023. Wing pattern variation and DNA barcodes defy taxonomic splitting in the New Zealand Pimelea Looper Notoreas perornata (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae): the importance of populations as conservation units. Zootaxa 5346(1): 001–027. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.1.1. Reference page.