Mobilizing Fiji’s macro-moth collection data to enhance knowledge and encourage biodiversity protection

Mobilizing Fiji’s macro-moth collection data to enhance knowledge and encourage biodiversity protection

In Partnership with the South Pacific Regional Herbarium and GBIF, this project aims to ensure that a preliminary identifications for all physical moth specimens are verified and curated as well as properly catalogue all available moth data collected in Fiji.

This project is funded by the European Union.

This is the first step towards mobilizing important Fijian biodiversity data.

The availability of this baseline data will help identify moth specimens collected during other biodiversity surveys and rapid assessments in Fiji and across the Pacific in future moth research.

Calliteara fidjiensis is one of Fiji′s endemic macromoths. Approximately 50% of Fiji′s moths are endemic, and more are still to be discovered.

Calliteara fidjiensis is one of Fiji′s endemic macromoths. Approximately 50% of Fiji′s moths are endemic, and more are still to be discovered.

Project Administration

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November 25, 2017April 1, 2019
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Project Name:
Mobilizing Fiji’s macro-moth collection data to enhance knowledge and encourage biodiversity protection
Programme
Biodiversity Information for Development (BID)
Donor
European Union, led by Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Project Duration
1st June 2017 – 1st July 2018
Project manager
Siteri Tikoca
Project partners
South Pacific Regional Herbarium, and John Clayton

Project milestones

Publication 1
John Clayton's Macromoth Collections from 1992 to 1998
Publication 2
Siteri Tikoca's Masters of Science data collection;
Publication 3
Macrolepidoptera of Fiji and Rotuma (A taxonomic & geographic study) by Gaden S. Robinson (1975)
Capacity Building
Biodiversity Informatics
Curation
Siteri Tikoca's Moth collections at the South Pacific Regional Herbarium (USP, Suva)