Yale Peabody Museum, Entomology Division (YPM-ENT)

This collection is comprised of an extract of specimen records from the Yale University Peabody Museum Entomology Division. These records are also included in the Peabody Museum's iDigBio feed. Further aggregation is not recommended.”
Contact: Dr. Lawrence Gall (lawrence.gall@yale.edu)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 24 June 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Yale University
Collection Statistics
  • 385,554 occurrence
  • 368,756 (96%) georeferenced
  • 372,860 (97%) with images
  • 728 (0.19%) identified to species
  • 344 families
  • 252 genera
  • 276 species
  • 278 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Family Distribution
Click on the occurrence record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that family
  • Acanaloniidae (2)
  • Acanthopteroctetidae (3)
  • Acaridae (5)
  • Acrididae (5)
  • Adelgidae (2559)
  • Adelidae (64)
  • Aeshnidae (288)
  • Agonoxenidae (1)
  • Agromyzidae (1)
  • Aididae (5)
  • Alucitidae (5)
  • Amphizoidae (24)
  • Ampulicidae (13)
  • Analgesidae (2)
  • Analgidae (2)
  • Andrenidae (582)
  • Anobiidae (6)
  • Anoetidae (1)
  • Anthelidae (20)
  • Anthicidae (4)
  • Anthomyiidae (23)
  • Apatelodidae (353)
  • Apidae (17763)
  • Arctiidae (1)
  • Argasidae (1)
  • Argyresthidae (12)
  • Arrhenophanidae (8)
  • Ascalaphidae (3)
  • Ascidae (1)
  • Astigmata Ewingidae (2)
  • Attelabidae (1)
  • Attevidae (147)
  • Austropetaliidae (2)
  • Autostichidae (32)
  • Baetidae (7)
  • Bedelliidae (3)
  • Belbidae (1)
  • Belostomatidae (9)
  • Bibionidae (1)
  • Blaberidae (4)
  • Blastobasidae (12)
  • Bombycidae (32)
  • Bombyliidae (7)
  • Boopiidae (9)
  • Brachodidae (1)
  • Brahmaeidae (29)
  • Bucculatricidae (12)
  • Buprestidae (2)
  • Caeculidae (1)
  • Callidulidae (5)
  • Calliphoridae (18)
  • Callirhipidae (5)
  • Calopterygidae (370)
  • Canacidae (80)
  • Cantharidae (8)
  • Carabidae (6923)
  • Carposinidae (3)
  • Carthaeidae (2)
  • Castniidae (193)
  • Cecidomyiidae (88)
  • Cerambycidae (49)
  • Ceratophyllidae (191)
  • Ceratopogonidae (1818)
  • Chamaemyiidae (860)
  • Chaoboridae (28)
  • Cheliferidae (1)
  • Chironomidae (30)
  • Chloropidae (34)
  • Choreutidae (67)
  • Chrysomelidae (82)
  • Chrysopidae (5)
  • Chrysopolomidae (14)
  • Cicadellidae (2)
  • Cicadidae (61)
  • Ciidae (40)
  • Cimicidae (90)
  • Cleridae (12)
  • Cloacaridae (1)
  • Coccinellidae (433)
  • Coenagrionidae (1928)
  • Coleophoridae (108)
  • Colletidae (380)
  • Coniopterygidae (1)
  • Cordulegastridae (28)
  • Corduliidae (93)
  • Corixidae (54)
  • Corydalidae (391)
  • Cosmopterigidae (26)
  • Cossidae (627)
  • Crabronidae (395)
  • Crambidae (6554)
  • Cryptophagidae (3)
  • Ctenophthalmidae (21)
  • Culicidae (6370)
  • Cunaxidae (1)
  • Cupedidae (30)
  • Curculionidae (907)
  • Cyclotornidae (2)
  • Cynipidae (59)
  • Dalceridae (13)
  • Delphacidae (67)
  • Demodicidae (11)
  • Depressariidae (674)
  • Dermanyssidae (14)
  • Dermestidae (625)
  • Derodontidae (3860)
  • Diarthrophallidae (6)
  • Digamasellidae (4)
  • Dixidae (7)
  • Doidae (4)
  • Dolichopodidae (6)
  • Drepanidae (884)
  • Drosophilidae (2)
  • Dryophthoridae (3)
  • Dytiscidae (61)
  • Echinophthiriidae (3)
  • Elachistidae (3)
  • Elateridae (66)
  • Elmidae (50)
  • Encyrtidae (21)
  • Enderleinellidae (2)
  • Endromidae (4)
  • Ephemeridae (2)
  • Ephydridae (156)
  • Epicopeiidae (8)
  • Erebidae (49948)
  • Eremobatidae (2)
  • Eriocottidae (18)
  • Eriocraniidae (4)
  • Erythraeidae (2)
  • Euphaeidae (1)
  • Eupterotidae (70)
  • Eurytomidae (41)
  • Euteliidae (365)
  • Euzerconidae (5)
  • Fanniidae (71)
  • Figitidae (1)
  • Formicidae (29)
  • Freyanidae (2)
  • Fulgoridae (1)
  • Galacticidae (10)
  • Galumnidae (1)
  • Gelechiidae (290)
  • Geometridae (33838)
  • Geotrupidae (1)
  • Gerridae (4)
  • Glossinidae (145)
  • Gomphidae (144)
  • Gracillariidae (41)
  • Gyrinidae (6)
  • Gyropidae (4)
  • Haematomyzidae (1)
  • Haematopinidae (6)
  • Halictidae (2417)
  • Haliplidae (2)
  • Hedylidae (12)
  • Heliodinidae (12)
  • Hemerobiidae (3)
  • Hemiphlebiidae (1)
  • Hepialidae (551)
  • Heptageniidae (2)
  • Hesperiidae (21235)
  • Heteroceridae (39)
  • Himantopteridae (5)
  • Hippoboscidae (69)
  • Histeridae (3)
  • Hoplopleuridae (1)
  • Hyblaeidae (6)
  • Hydrochidae (5)
  • Hydrophilidae (150)
  • Hydroptilidae (2)
  • Hydrozetidae (1)
  • Hystrichopsyllidae (38)
  • Ichneumonidae (3)
  • Immidae (9)
  • Incurvariidae (2)
  • Ischnopsyllidae (11)
  • Isotomidae (1)
  • Ixodidae (403)
  • Kenkiidae (4)
  • Labidophoridae (2)
  • Lacturidae (7)
  • Laelapidae (2)
  • Lasiocampidae (1420)
  • Latridiidae (4)
  • Lecithoceridae (5)
  • Leiodidae (1)
  • Leptophlebiidae (2)
  • Leptopsyllidae (19)
  • Lestidae (644)
  • Libellulidae (2718)
  • Limacodidae (1359)
  • Limnephilidae (28)
  • Linognathidae (15)
  • Liposcelidae (15)
  • Liposcelididae (1)
  • Lonchaeidae (15)
  • Lucanidae (2)
  • Lycaenidae (19659)
  • Lycidae (27)
  • Lygaeidae (10)
  • Lymexylidae (1)
  • Lyonetiidae (1)
  • Macrochelidae (2)
  • Macromiidae (10)
  • Mantispidae (8)
  • Megachilidae (623)
  • Megalopygidae (367)
  • Megapodagrionidae (14)
  • Megisthanidae (2)
  • Melittidae (31)
  • Meloidae (1)
  • Melyridae (32)
  • Menoponidae (86)
  • Meropeidae (39)
  • Mesocestoididae (1)
  • Metarbalidae (12)
  • Micropterigidae (3)
  • Mimallonidae (114)
  • Miridae (4)
  • Momphidae (4)
  • Mordellidae (100)
  • Muscidae (28)
  • Mutillidae (1)
  • Mycetophagidae (19)
  • Mycetophilidae (8)
  • Myrmeleontidae (12)
  • Nepticulidae (5)
  • Noctuidae (56001)
  • Nolidae (531)
  • Notodontidae (5565)
  • Notonectidae (121)
  • Nycteribiidae (1)
  • Nymphalidae (49039)
  • Ochodaeidae (19)
  • Oecophoridae (25)
  • Oestridae (102)
  • Pachygnathidae (1)
  • Papilionidae (23512)
  • Parantennulidae (1)
  • Parasitidae (4)
  • Pediculidae (34)
  • Peltoperlidae (1)
  • Pentatomidae (2)
  • Penthalodidae (1)
  • Perlidae (4)
  • Petaluridae (1)
  • Phalacridae (2)
  • Philopteridae (240)
  • Phryganeidae (12)
  • Phthiridae (3)
  • Pieridae (18700)
  • Piophilidae (1)
  • Plasmodiidae (36)
  • Plutellidae (41)
  • Poaceae (1)
  • Poduridae (1)
  • Polyaspididae (1)
  • Polyplacidae (30)
  • Praydidae (1)
  • Prodoxidae (72)
  • Protoneuridae (13)
  • Prototheoridae (2)
  • Pseudostigmatidae (42)
  • Psoroptidae (4)
  • Psychidae (243)
  • Psychodidae (3438)
  • Pterophoridae (718)
  • Pthiridae (1)
  • Pulicidae (66)
  • Pyralidae (1903)
  • Raphidiidae (3)
  • Raphignathidae (1)
  • Reduviidae (1)
  • Rhinonyssidae (2)
  • Rhipiceridae (16)
  • Rhyacophilidae (1)
  • Rhyparochromidae (1)
  • Riodinidae (1203)
  • Roeslerstammiidae (1)
  • Romaleidae (1)
  • Saldidae (27)
  • Salticidae (3)
  • Sarcoptidae (2)
  • Saturniidae (6111)
  • Scarabaeidae (94)
  • Scathophagidae (15)
  • Scatopsidae (1)
  • Schreckensteiniidae (3)
  • Sciaridae (3)
  • Sciomyzidae (1)
  • Scirtidae (21)
  • Scolopendridae (3)
  • Scolytidae (5)
  • Scorpionidae (1)
  • Scraptiidae (74)
  • Scythrididae (57)
  • Sematuridae (45)
  • Sepsidae (2)
  • Sesiidae (631)
  • Silphidae (631)
  • Silvanidae (1)
  • Simuliidae (207)
  • Siphlonuridae (1)
  • Smarididae (2)
  • Sphecidae (371)
  • Sphingidae (9886)
  • Spinturnicidae (1)
  • Spirobolidae (1)
  • Staphylinidae (3)
  • Syrphidae (67)
  • Tabanidae (3799)
  • Tachinidae (16)
  • Tarantulidae (1)
  • Tenebrionidae (107)
  • Tenthredinidae (3)
  • Tephritidae (2)
  • Tettigoniidae (3)
  • Thelyphonidae (1)
  • Theraphosidae (1)
  • Thripidae (12)
  • Thyrididae (120)
  • Tineidae (404)
  • Tipulidae (2)
  • Tischeriidae (4)
  • Tortricidae (4228)
  • Trichodectidae (105)
  • Trogidae (16)
  • Trombiculidae (3)
  • Trombidiidae (20)
  • Trypanosomatidae (6)
  • Ulidiidae (24)
  • Uraniidae (205)
  • Urodidae (24)
  • Urodinychidae (1)
  • Uropodidae (5)
  • Veliidae (1)
  • Vermipsyllidae (3)
  • Vespidae (11)
  • Xyloryctidae (2)
  • Yponomeutidae (27)
  • Ypsolophidae (49)
  • Zerconidae (1)
  • Zygaenidae (21)