North American moths and butterflies
- *Beutenmüller, William, Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, North of Mexico (New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1901).
- Boisduval, Jean Alphonse, and John Lawrence LeConte, Histoire Générale et Iconographie des Lépidoptères et des Chenilles de l’Amérique Septentrionale (Paris: Roret, 1833).
- *Edwards, William Henry, The Butterflies of North America, 3vols (Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1879).
- *French, George Hazen, The Butterflies of the Eastern United States: For the Use of Classes in Zoology and Private Students (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1896).
- Grote, Augustus Radcliffe, New Check List of North American Moths (New York: [n. pub.], 1882).
- Maynard, Charles Johnson, A Manual of North American Butterflies (Boston: De Wolfe, Fiske, 1891).
- *Packard, Alpheus Spring, Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, and National Academy of Sciences, Monograph of the Bombycine Moths of North America North of Mexico: Including their Transformations and Origin of the Larval Markings and Armature, 3vols (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895).
- Rothschild, Lionel Walter, and Karl Jordan, A Revision of the American Papilios (London: Hazell & Viney, 1906).
- Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, A Systematic Revision of Some of the American Butterflies: With Brief Notes of those Known to Occur in Essex County (Salem, MA: Peabody Academy of Science, 1872).
- *Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, The Butterflies of the Eastern United States and Canada: With Special Reference to New England, 3vols (Cambridge, MA: Published by the author, 1889).
- *Smith, John Bernhard, Contributions Toward a Monograph of the Insects of the Lepidopterous Family Noctuidae of Boreal North America. A Revision of the Deltoid Moths, Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 48 (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895).
- *Strecker, Herman, Butterflies and Moths of North America: With Full Instructions for Collecting, Breeding, Preparing, Classifying, Packing for Shipment, etc., a Complete Synonymical Catalogue of Macrolepidoptera, with a Full Bibliography, to which is Added a Glossary of Terms and an Alphabetical and Descriptive List of Localities (Reading, PA: B. F. Owen, 1878).
- *Stretch, Richard Harper, Illustrations of the Zygaenidae & Bombycidae of North America, vol. 1, part 1 to 9, July 1872 to December 1873 (San Francisco: [n. pub.], 1873).
- *Walsingham, Thomas de Grey, Pterophoridae of California and Oregon (London: Van Voorst, 1880).
- Wright, William Greenwood, The Butterflies of the West Coast of the United States: Illustrated with 940 Figures in Color-Photography (San Bernardino, CA: Author, 1906).
European moths and butterflies
- Boisduval, Jean Alphonse, Icones Historique des Lépidoptères Nouveaux ou Peu Connus: Collection, Avec Figures Coloriées, des Papillons d’Europe Nouvellement Découverts (Paris: Roret, 1832).
- Hofmann, Ernst Ritter von, Die Raupen der Gross-Schmetterlinge Europas (Stuttgart: Verlag der C. Hoffman’schen Verlags-Buchhandlung [A. Bleil], 1893).
British moths and butterflies
- *Coleman, William Stephen, British Butterflies: Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species, With an Account of Butterfly Development, Structure, Habits, Localities, Mode of Capture, and Preservation (London: Routledge, 1860).
- *Coleman, William Stephen, British Butterflies: Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species, With an Account of Butterfly Development, Structure, Habits, Localities, Mode of Capture and Preservation, etc. (London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1862).
- Meyrick, Edward, A Handbook of British Lepidoptera (London; New York: Macmillan and Co., 1895).
- Oxford University Entomological Society and Cambridge Entomological Society, An Accentuated List of the British Lepidoptera, With Hints on the Derivation of the Names (London: J. Van Voorst, 1858).
- Pierce, Frank Nelson, The Genitalia of the Group Noctuidae of the Lepidoptera of the British Islands: An Account of the Morphology of the Male Clasping Organs (Liverpool: A. W. Duncan, 1909).
- Stainton, Henry Tibbats, A Manual of British Butterflies and Moths, 2vols (London: John Van Voorst, 1857).
World moths and butterflies
- Ballard, Julia Perkins, Among the Moths and Butterflies: A Revised and Enlarged Edition of ‘Insect Lives; or, Born in Prison’ (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1893).
- British Museum, Arthur Gardiner Butler, and John Edward Gray, Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera of the Family Satyridae in the Collection of the British Museum (London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1868).
- Conant, Helen Stevens, The Butterfly Hunters: With Illustrations (Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868).
- Esper, Eugen Johann Christoph, Die Ausländische Oder die Ausserhalb Europa zur Zeit in den Übrigen Weltheilen Vorgefundene Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen Nach der Natur mit Beschreibung (Erlangen: Walthersche Kunst-und Buchhandlung, 1801).
- Hübner, Jacob, William Forsell Kirby, and Philogène Auguste Galilée Wytsman, Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge, 3vols (Brussels: V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, 1894).
- *Kirby, William Forsell, A Synonymic Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera (Moths) (London: Gurney & Jackson, 1892).
- *Knagg, Henry Guard, The Lepidopterist’s Guide: Intended for the Use of the Young Collector (London: J. Van Voorst, 1871).
- Longstaff, George Blundell, and Fritz Müller, Butterfly-Hunting in Many Lands: Notes of a Field Naturalist (London; New York; Bombay; Calcutta: Longmans, Green and Co., 1912).
- Marshall, George Frederick Leycester, and Lionel de Nicéville, The Butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon: A Descriptive Handbook of All the Known Species of Rhopalocerous Lepidoptera Inhabiting That Region, 3vols (Calcutta: Calcutta Central Press, 1882).
- Nicéville, Lionel de, and Ludwig Martin, A List of the Butterflies of Sumatra: With Special Reference to the Species Occurring in the North-East of the Island (Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1895).
- Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, Fossil Butterflies (Salem, MA: F. W. Putnam, 1875).
- Seitz, Adalbert, The Macrolepidoptera of the World: A Systematic Account of All the Known Macrolepidoptera, 4vols (Stuttgart: A. Kernen, 1906).
- Strecker, Herman, Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, Indigenous and Exotic: With Descriptions and Colored Illustrations (Reading, PA: Owen’s Steam Book and Job Printing, 1872).
General entomology
North America
- Felt, Ephraim Porter, Insects Affecting Park and Woodland Trees, 2vols (Albany: New York State Education Department, 1905).
- *Harris, Thaddeus William, and Charles L. Flint, A Treatise on Some of the Insects Injurious to Vegetation (New York: Orange Judd, 1862).
- Say, Thomas, The Complete Writings of Thomas Say on the Entomology of North America, 2vols (Philadelphia: Foote, 1859).
World
- Burmeister, Hermann, and William Edward Shuckard, A Manual of Entomology (London: E. Churton, 1836).
- Drury, Dru, and John Obadiah Westwood, Illustrations of Exotic Entomology: Containing Upwards of Six Hundred and Fifty Figures and Descriptions of Foreign Insects, Interspersed with Remarks and Reflections on their Nature and Properties, 3vols (London: H. G. Bohn, 1837).
- Folsom, Justus Watson, Entomology: With Special Reference to Its Biological and Economic Aspects (Philadelphia: P. Blakiston’s Son & Co., 1906).
- Glover, Townend, Manuscript Notes From My Journal: Or Illustrations of Insects, Native and Foreign. Order Hemiptera, Suborder Heteroptera, or Plant-Bugs (Washington, DC: Written by Townend Glover, transferred & printed from stone by Jas. F. Gedney, 1874).
- Harris, Thaddeus William, Samuel Hubbard Scudder, and Boston Society of Natural History, Entomological Correspondence of Thaddeus William Harris (Boston: Boston Society of Natural History, 1869).
- Hind, Henry Youle, Essay on the Insects and Diseases Injurious to the Wheat Crops: To Which Was Awarded, by the Bureau of Agriculture and Statistics, the First Prize (Toronto: Lovell & Gibson, 1857).
- *Packard, Alpheus Spring, Entomology for Beginners: For the Use of Young Folks, Fruit Growers, Farmers, and Gardeners (New York: H. Holt, 1899).
- Packard, Alpheus Spring, Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and Beneficial to Crops: For the Use of Colleges, Farm-Schools, and Agriculturists (Salem, MA: Naturalist’s Agency, 1872).
- Slingerland, Marc Vernon, and Cyrus Richard Crosby, Manual of Fruit Insects (New York: Macmillan, 1914).
- *Smith, John Bernhard, Economic Entomology for the Farmer and the Fruit-Grower: And for Use as a Text-Book in Agricultural Schools and Colleges (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1896).
Journals
- Annals of the Entomological Society of America (College Park, MD: Entomological Society of America), 1–4 (1908–11).
- Canadian Entomologist (Ottawa: Entomological Society of Canada), 1–2 (1868–69); (Entomological Society of Ontario), 3–42 (1871–1910).
- Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: [Entomological Rooms of the Academy of Natural Sciences]), 1–22 (1890–1911).
- Journal of Economic Entomology (Lanham, MD, etc.: Entomological Society of America), 1–3 (1908–10).
- Journal of the New York Entomological Society (New York: New York Entomological Society), 1–18 (1893–1910).
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Printed by the Society), 1–6 (1861–67).
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 1–12 (1884–1910).
- Psyche (Cambridge, MA: Cambridge Entomological Club), 1–10 (1874–1909).
- Report of the State Entomologist on Injurious and Other Insects of the State of New York (Albany, NY: University of the State of New York), 1–2 (1882, 1885), 3–5 (1887–89).
- Report on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects of the State of New York (Albany, NY: C. Van Benthuysen, Printer to the Legislature), 1–2 (1854–55), 6–9 (1860–63).
- Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Philadelphia: American Entomological Society), 1–37 (1867–1911).