Dr Ian Kitching

Grants

Phylogenomics and sensory systems evolution in silkmoths and relatives
Role: Principal investigatorKitching IJ
Dates: 2016 - 2021

Travel Grant for IXth European Congress of Entymology
Role: Principal investigatorKitching I
Funding: Royal Society
Total value £1,209.40 (to Museum £1,209.40)
Dates: 2010 - 2010

External Positions

Vice President of the Lepidopterists' Society of America, Lepidopterists' Society of America, 1992 - 1993.

Membership Secretary, The Willi Hennig Society, 1990 - 2001.

Fellowships

Fellow of the Willi Hennig Society, The Willi Hennig Society, 1984 - on going.

Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Royal Entomological Society of London, 1979 - on going.

Committees

Member, Botany Section, London Natural History Society, London,

Memberships

Council member, The Willi Hennig Society, 2008 - 2011.

Council member, The Willi Hennig Society, 1990 - 2001.

Member, Society of Biology, London.

Member, Durham Wildlife Trust.

Member, Surrey Botanical Society.

Member, London Natural History Society, London.

Member, Botanical Society of the British Isles.

Member, Lepidopterists' Society of America.

Member, Systematics Association.

Editorships

Board member, Oriental Insects: an international journal of systematic entomology of the old world tropics, 2007 - 2011.

Board member, Handbook of Palaearctic Lepidoptera, 1998 - on going.

Associate editor, Cladistics, Wiley Blackwell, 1998 - 1998.

Managing editor, Cladistics, Wiley Blackwell, 1997 - on going.

Assistant editor, Antenna, 1987 - 1996.

Board member, Systematic Entomology, Wiley Blackwell, 1985 - on going.

Publications

Zahiri R, Holloway JD, Rota J, Schmidt BC, Pellinen MJ, Kitching IJ, Miller SE, Wahlberg N (null) Evolutionary history of Euteliidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). null, doi: 10.1101/2022.09.26.508383

Haxaire J, Melichar T, Kitching I, Brechlin R (2022) A revision of the Asiatic genus Smerinthulus Huwe, 1895 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), with the description of three new taxa and notes on its junior synonym, Degmaptera Hampson, 1896. The European Entomologist, 14 (1+2) : 1 - 84.

LU D, HUANG Y, NAUMANN S, KITCHING IJ, XU Z, SUN Y, WANG X (null) Mitochondrial genomes of two wild silkmoths, Samia watsoni and Samia wangi (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), and their phylogenetic implications. European Journal of Entomology, 119 : 337 - 353. doi: 10.14411/eje.2022.035

SMITH P, KITCHING IAN, RÍOS S, HAXAIRE J (null) An annotated catalogue of the Paraguayan Sphingidae (Lepidoptera). Journal of Insect Biodiversity, 31 (2) : 36 - 81. doi: 10.12976/jib/2022.31.2.1

Rougerie R, Cruaud A, Arnal P, Ballesteros-Mejia L, Condamine FL, Decaëns T, Elias M, Gey D, Hebert PDN, Kitching IJ, Lavergne S, Lopez-Vaamonde C, Murienne J, Cuenot Y, Nidelet S, Rasplus J-Y (null) Phylogenomics Illuminates the Evolutionary History of Wild Silkmoths in Space and Time (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). null, doi: 10.1101/2022.03.29.486224

Moosburg M, Kitching I (2022) Erstnachweis von Acosmeryx kalimantana Brechlin, 2015 von Palawan (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 132 (1) : 25 - 26.

Li X, Hamilton CA, St Laurent R, Ballesteros-Mejia L, Markee A, Haxaire J, Rougerie R, Kitching IJ, Kawahara AY (2022) A diversification relay race from Caribbean-Mesoamerica to the Andes: historical biogeography of Xylophanes hawkmoths. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289 (1968) : doi: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2435

Mape NR, Kitching I, Alisto L (2022) Hawkmoths of Baguio City, Philippines: a preliminary checklist derived from photo-based observation records available on iNaturalist and Philippine Lepidoptera Internet platforms. Philippine Journal of Science, 151 (4) : 1447 - 1453.

Hamilton CA, Winiger N, Rubin JJ, Breinholt J, Rougerie R, Kitching IJ, Barber JR, Kawahara AY (2022) Hidden Phylogenomic Signal Helps Elucidate Arsenurine Silkmoth Phylogeny and the Evolution of Body Size and Wing Shape Trade-Offs. Systematic Biology, 71 (4) : 859 - 874. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syab090

Wang X, Zhang H, Kitching I, Xu Z-B, Huang Y-X (2021) First mitogenome of subfamily Langiinae (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) with its phylogenetic implications. Gene, 789 : 145667 - 145667. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2021.145667

Patzold F, Marabuto E, Daneck H, O’Neill MA, Kitching IJ, Hundsdoerfer AK (null) The Phylogenetics and Biogeography of the Central Asian Hawkmoths, Hyles hippophaes and H. chamyla: Can Mitogenomics and Machine Learning Bring Clarity?. Diversity, 13 (5) : 213 - 213. doi: 10.3390/d13050213

CORREA-CARMONA Y, GIUSTI A, HAXAIRE J, ROUGERIE R, KITCHING IJ (null) Three new species of the Xylophanes crotonis species-group (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from Colombia and a neotype designation for Xylophanes aristor. European Journal of Entomology, 118 : 64 - 81. doi: 10.14411/eje.2021.009

Hundsdoerfer AK, Kitching IJ (null) Morphological evolution in Hyles Hübner, 1819 hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae): reconstructing the ancestral Hyles habitus. Nota Lepidopterologica, 43 : 181 - 210. doi: 10.3897/nl.43.49512

Hundsdoerfer AK, Kitching IJ (2020) Ancient incomplete lineage sorting of Hyles and Rhodafra (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 20 (3) : 527 - 536. doi: 10.1007/s13127-020-00445-0

Ballesteros Mejia L, Arnal P, Hallwachs W, Haxaire J, Janzen D, Kitching I, Rougerie R (null) A global food plant dataset for wild silkmoths and hawkmoths and its use in documenting polyphagy of their caterpillars (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea: Saturniidae, Sphingidae). Biodiversity Data Journal, 8 : doi: 10.3897/bdj.8.e60027

Olszewski P, Notton DG, Kitching IJ (2020) Review of the genus Dinetus Panzer, 1806 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Dinetinae) with descriptions of new subgenera and new species. ARTHROPOD SYSTEMATICS & PHYLOGENY, 78 (3) : 361 - 377. doi: 10.26049/ASP78-3-2020-01

Timmermans MJTN, Daghmoumi SM, Glass D, Hamilton CA, Kawahara AY, Kitching IJ (2019) Phylogeny of the Hawkmoth Tribe Ambulycini (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): Mitogenomes from Museum Specimens Resolve Major Relationships. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 3 (6) : doi: 10.1093/isd/ixz025

Hamilton CA, St Laurent RA, Dexter K, Kitching IJ, Breinholt JW, Zwick A, Timmermans MJTN, Barber JR, Kawahara AY (2019) Phylogenomics resolves major relationships and reveals significant diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and relatives. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 19 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s12862-019-1505-1

Hundsdoerfer AK, Lee KM, Kitching IJ, Mutanen M (2019) Genome-wide SNP Data Reveal an Overestimation of Species Diversity in a Group of Hawkmoths. Genome Biology and Evolution, 11 (8) : 2136 - 2150. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evz113

Beerli N, Bärtschi F, Ballesteros‐Mejia L, Kitching IJ, Beck J (2019) How has the environment shaped geographical patterns of insect body sizes? A test of hypotheses using sphingid moths. Journal of Biogeography, 46 (8) : 1687 - 1698. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13583

Bärtschi F, McCain CM, Ballesteros‐Mejia L, Kitching IJ, Beerli N, Beck J (2019) Elevational richness patterns of sphingid moths support area effects over climatic drivers in a near‐global analysis. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28 (7) : 917 - 927. doi: 10.1111/geb.12903

van Nieukerken EJ, Karsholt O, Hausmann A, Holloway JD, Huemer P, Kitching IJ, Nuss M, Pohl GR, Rajaei H, Rennland E, Rodeland J, Rougerie R, Scoble MJ, Sinev SY, Sommerer M (null) Stability in Lepidoptera names is not served by reversal to gender agreement: a response to Wiemers et al. (2018). Nota Lepidopterologica, 42 (1) : 101 - 111. doi: 10.3897/nl.42.34187

Beck J, Takano H, Ballesteros-Mejia L, Kitching IJ, McCain CM (2018) Field sampling is biased against small-ranged species of high conservation value: a case study on the sphingid moths of East Africa. Biodiversity and Conservation, 27 (13) : 3533 - 3544. doi: 10.1007/s10531-018-1613-z

Quicke DLJ, Volponi MAS, Kitching IJ, Butcher BA, Giudici A (2018) Scientific Note: First record of the remarkable clearwing moth, Akaisphecia melanopuncta O. Gorbunov & Arita, 1995 (Sesiidae: Sesiinae: Osminiini), from Thailand, with comments on likely Batesian mimicry. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 21 (2) : 490 - 492. doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2018.02.002

Kitching I, Rougerie R, Zwick A, Hamilton C, St Laurent R, Naumann S, Ballesteros Mejia L, Kawahara A (null) A global checklist of the Bombycoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Biodiversity Data Journal, 6 : e22236 - e22236. doi: 10.3897/bdj.6.e22236

Kitching IJ (2017) A new species of Theretra Hunber (Lepidoptera : Sphingidae) from Southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 185 - 185.

Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, Albuquerque S, Paterson G, Kitching I (null) iCollections methodology: workflow, results and lessons learned. Biodiversity Data Journal, 5 : doi: 10.3897/bdj.5.e19893

Hundsdoerfer AK, Päckert M, Kehlmaier C, Strutzenberger P, Kitching IJ (2017) Museum archives revisited: Central Asiatic hawkmoths reveal exceptionally high late Pliocene species diversification (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Zoologica Scripta, 46 (5) : 552 - 570. doi: 10.1111/zsc.12235

Ballesteros-Mejia L, Kitching IJ, Jetz W, Beck J (2017) Putting insects on the map: near-global variation in sphingid moth richness along spatial and environmental gradients. Ecography, 40 (6) : 698 - 708. doi: 10.1111/ecog.02438

Harbach RE, Culverwell CL, Kitching IJ (2017) Phylogeny of the nominotypical subgenus of Culex (Diptera: Culicidae): insights from analyses of anatomical data into interspecific relationships and species groups in an unresolved tree. Systematics and Biodiversity, 15 (4) : 296 - 306. doi: 10.1080/14772000.2016.1252439

Hundsdoerfer AK, Kitching IJ (null) Historic DNA for taxonomy and conservation: A case-study of a century-old Hawaiian hawkmoth type (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). PLOS ONE, 12 (3) : e0173255 - e0173255. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0173255

Blagoderov V, Penn M, Sadka M, Hine A, Brooks S, Siebert D, Sleep C, Cafferty S, Cane E, Martin G, Toloni F, Wing P, Chainey J, Duffell L, Huxley R, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Mazzetta G, Perera J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Scialabba E, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Carter V, Albuquerque S, Paterson G, Kitching I (null) iCollections methodology: workflow, results and lessons learned. Biodiversity Data Journal, 5 : doi: 10.3897/bdj.5.e21277

Kitching IJ, Forey PL, Williams DM (2017) Cladistics ☆. Elsevier

Paterson GLJ, Albuquerque S, Blagoderov V, Brooks S, Cafferty S, Cane E, Carter V, Chainey J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Duffle L, Hine A, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Huxley R, Kitching IJ, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Martin G, Mazzetta G, Penn M, Perera J, Sadka M, Scialabba E, Siebert D, Sleep C, Toloni F, Wing P (2016) iCollections.

Smith P, Rios SD, Petko ON, Kitching IJ (2016) Oxyteninae Jordan, 1924: first confirmed Paraguayan records (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). SHILAP-REVISTA DE LEPIDOPTEROLOGIA, 44 (176) : 553 - 556.

Beck J, Kitching IJ (2015) The Sphingidae of Southeast-Asia. incl. New Guinea, Bismarck and Solomon Islands, version 1.6 .

Harbach RE, Kitching IJ (2016) The phylogeny of Anophelinae revisited: inferences about the origin and classification of Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae). Zoologica Scripta, 45 : 34 - 47. doi: 10.1111/zsc.12137

Haxaire J, Rougerie R, Mielke CGC, Kitching IJ (2015) Manduca exiguus (Gehlen, 1942): a valid species from southern and south-eastern Brazil, Uruguay and north-eastern Argentina (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae).. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.)., 36 (1) : 49 - 54.

Rubinoff D, Kitching I (2015) Daphnis placida, a new species of Sphinx moth for Guam, U.S.A.. Proceedings of the Hawiian Entomological Society, 47 : 79 - 81.

Rougerie R, Kitching IJ, Haxaire J, Miller SE, Hausmann A, Hebert PDN (2014) Australian Sphingidae – DNA barcodes challenge current species boundaries and distributions. PLoS One, 9 (7) : doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101108

Simonsen TJ, Kitching IJ (2014) Virtual dissections through micro-CT scanning: a method for non-destructive genitalia "dissections' of valuable Lepidoptera material. Systematic Entomology, 39 (3) : 606 - 618. doi: 10.1111/syen.12067

Rafi MA, Sultan A, Kitching IJ, Pittaway AR, Markhasiov M, Khan MR, Naz F (2014) The hawkmoth fauna of Pakistan (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Zootaxa, 3794 (3) : 393 - 418.

Brechlin R, Kitching IJ (2014) Drei neue Arten der Gattung Cypa Walker, [1865] (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 7 (2) : 5 - 14.

Ivshin N, Kitching IJ (2014) A new species of the genus Ambulyx Westwood, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from northern Borneo and adjacent territories. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.), 35 (3) : 109 - 119.

Kitching IJ (2014) Sphingidae Taxonomic Inventory (Creating a taxonomic e-science) .

Kitching IJ, Culverwell CL, Harbach RE (2014) Data from: The phylogenetic conundrum of Lutzia (Diptera: Culicidae: Culicini): a cautionary account of conflict and support.

Kitching IJ, Kendrick R, Smetacek P (2014) A list of hawkmoth species (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of India, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka, including their common names..

Kitching IJ, Kendrick R, Smetacek P (2014) List of Indian, Nepalese, Bhutanese and Sri Lankan emperor moths and wild silk moths, including common names..

Kitching IJ, Lorna Culverwell C, Harbach RE (2015) The phylogenetic conundrum of Lutzia (Diptera: Culicidae: Culicini): a cautionary account of conflict and support. Insect Systematics & Evolution, 46 (3) : 269 - 290. doi: 10.1163/1876312x-45032119

Kudo K, Nakao K, Kitching IJ (2014) A new species of the genus Acosmeryx Boisduval, [1875] from Yunnan and Guangxi, China (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Tinea, 23 (1) : 35 - 40.

Moré M, Kitching IJ, Cocucci AA (2014) Sphingidae, In: Biodiversidad de Artrópodos Argentinos, Roig -Juñent S, Claps LE, Morrone JJ (Eds). INSUE - UNTEediciones : San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. 281 - 295.

Pittaway AR, Kitching IJ (2014) Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic (including Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan) (In association with F. Lin) .

Singh IJ, Kitching IJ (2014) A first record of Clanis hyperion Cadiou & Kitching, 1990 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in Bhutan, and a preliminary checklist of the hawkmoths of Mendrelgang, Bhutan. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 6 (1) : 5386 - 5388. doi: 10.11609/JoTT.o3399.5386-8

Kawahara AY, Breinholt JW, Ponce FV, Haxaire J, Xiao L, Lamarre GPA, Rubinoff D, Kitching IJ (2013) Evolution of Manduca sexta hornworms and relatives: Biogeographical analysis reveals an ancestral diversification in Central America. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 68 (3) : 381 - 386. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.04.017

Harbach RE, Kitching IJ, Culverwell CL, Howard TM, Linton Y-M (2013) Nyx pholeocola, a new genus and cavernicolous species of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae) from southern Thailand based on morphological and molecular data. Zootaxa, 3683 (2) : 159 - 177. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.2.5

Ballesteros-Mejia L, Kitching IJ, Jetz W, Nagel P, Beck J (2013) Mapping the biodiversity of tropical insects: species richness and inventory completeness of African sphingid moths. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22 : 586 - 595. doi: 10.1111/geb.12039

Beck J, Ballesteros-Mejia L, Nagel P, Kitching IJ (2013) Online solutions and the 'Wallacean shortfall': what does GBIF contribute to our knowledge of species' ranges?. Diversity and Distributions, 19 : 1043 - 1050. doi: 10.1111/ddi.12083

Kawahara AY, Breinholt JW, Ponce FV, Haxaire J, Xiao L, Lamarre GPA, Rubinoff D, Kitching IJ (2013) Data from: Evolution of Manduca sexta hornworms and relatives: biogeographical analysis reveals an ancestral diversification in Central America.

Kawahara AK, Breinholt J, Ponce F, Haxaire J, Xiao L, Lamarre GPA, Kitching IJ (2013) Phylogeny and evolution of Manduca sexta and relatives: ancestral biogeographical analysis reveals a Central american origin for the genus and species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,

Kitching IJ (2013) A new species of Cypa from New Guinea (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Smerinthinae). Suara Serangga Papua, 7 : 85 - 91.

Vaglia T, Kitching IJ (2013) Un nouveau Sphingidae du genre Acosmeryx Boisduval, [1875] décrit du Sabah (Bornéo), (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). The European Entomologist, 4 : 161 - 168.

Zahiri R, Lafontaine JD, Holloway JD, Kitching IJ, Schmidt BC, Kaila L, Wahlberg N (2013) Major lineages of Nolidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) elucidated by molecular phylogenetics. Cladistics, 29 : 337 - 359. doi: 10.1111/cla.12001

Zahiri R, Lafontaine D, Schmidt C, Holloway JD, Kitching IJ, Mutanen M, Wahlberg N (2013) Relationships among the basal lineages of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) based on eight gene regions. Zoologica Scripta, 42 : 488 - 507. doi: 10.1111/zsc.12022

Harbach RE, Kitching IJ, Culverwell CL, Dubois J, Linton Y-M (2012) Phylogeny of mosquitoes of tribe Culicini (Diptera: Culicidae) based on morphological diversity. Zoologica Scripta, 41 (5) : 499 - 514. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00546.x

Blagoderov V, Kitching I, Livermore L, Simonsen T, Smith V (2012) No specimen left behind: industrial scale digitization of natural history collections. ZooKeys, 209 : 133 - 146. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.209.3178

Arditti J, Elliott J, Kitching IJ, Wasserthal LT (2012) Good Heavens what insect can suck it'- Charles Darwin, Angraecum sesquipedale and Xanthopan morganii praedicta. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 169 : 403 - 432.

Beck J, Holloway JD, Chey VK, Kitching IJ (2012) Diversity Partitioning Confirms the Importance of Beta Components in Tropical Rainforest Lepidoptera. American Naturalist, 180 : E64 - E74. doi: 10.1086/666982

Beck J, Holloway JD, Khen CV, Kitching IJ (2012) Data from: Diversity partitioning confirms the importance of beta components in tropical rainforest Lepidoptera.

Brechlin R, Kitching IJ (2012) Ein neue Art der Gattung Callambulyx Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 5 (3) : 56 - 60.

Rougerie R, Haxaire J, Kitching IJ, Hebert PDN (2012) DNA barcodes and morphology reveal a hybrid hawkmoth in Tahiti (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 26 : 445 - 450. doi: 10.1071/is12029

Smetacek P, Kitching IJ (2012) The hitherto undescribed male of Orthozona quadrilineata (Moore, 1862) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). Journal of Threatened Taxa, 4 (14) : 3366 - 3368.

Smetacek P, Kitching IJ (2012) The hawkmoths of Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, India (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.), 32 : 113 - 115.

Zahiri R, Holloway J, Kitching I, Lafontaine JD, Mutanen M, Wahlberg N (2012) Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Systematic Entomology, 37 : 102 - 124. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x

VAN NIEUKERKEN EJ, KAILA L, KITCHING IJ, KRISTENSEN NP, LEES DC, MINET J, MITTER C, MUTANEN M, REGIER JC, SIMONSEN TJ, WAHLBERG N, YEN S-H, ZAHIRI R, ADAMSKI D, BAIXERAS J, BARTSCH D, BENGTSSON BÅ, BROWN JW, BUCHELI SR, DAVIS DR, PRINS JD, PRINS WD, EPSTEIN ME, GENTILI-POOLE P, GIELIS C, HÄTTENSCHWILER P, HAUSMANN A, HOLLOWAY JD, KALLIES A, KARSHOLT OLE, KAWAHARA AY, KOSTER SJC, KOZLOV MV, LAFONTAINE JD, LAMAS G, LANDRY J-F, LEE S, NUSS M, PARK K-T, PENZ C, ROTA J, SCHINTLMEISTER A, SCHMIDT BC, SOHN J-C, SOLIS MA, TARMANN GM, WARREN AD, WELLER S, YAKOVLEV RV, ZOLOTUHIN VV, ZWICK A (null) Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa, 3148 (1) : 212 - 212. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3148.1.41

Zhang Z-Q, Hooper JNA, Van Soest RWM, Pisera A, Crowther AL, Tyler S, Schilling S, Escluneyer WN, Fong JD, Blackburn DC, Wake DB, Wilson DE, Reeder DM, Fritz U, Hodda M, Guidetti R, Bertolani R, Mayer G, Oliveira IDS, Zhang Z-Q, Adrain JM, Bamber RN, Kury AB, Prendini L, Harvey MS, Beaulieu F, Dowling APG, Klompen H, de Moraes GJ, Walter DE, Fan Q-H, Pesic V, Smit H, Bochkov AV, Khaustov AA, Baker A, Wohltmann A, Wen T, Beron P, Lin J, Gabrys G, Husband R, Bolton S, Uusitalo M, Schatz H, Behan-Pelletier VM, OConnor BM, Norton RA, Dunlop JA, Penney D, Minelli A, Shear W, Ahyong ST, Lowry JK, Alonso M, Boxshall GA, Castro P, Gerken S, Karaman GS, Goy JW, Jones DS, Meland K, Rogers DC, Svavarsson J, Janssens F, Christiansen KA, Ingrisch S, Brock PD, Marshall J, Beccaloni GW, Eggleton P, Mound LA, Slipinski SA, Leschen RAB, Lawrence JF, Holzenthal RW, Morse JC, Kjer KM, van Nieukerken EJ, Kaila L, Kitching IJ, Kristensen NP, Lees DC, Minet J, Mitter C, Mutanen M, Regier JC, Simonsen TJ, Wahlberg N, Yen S-H, Zahiri R, Adamski D, Baixeras J, Bartsch D, Bengtsson BA, Brown JW, Bucheli SR, Davis DR, De Prins J, De Prins W, Epstein ME, Gentili-Poole P, Gielis C, Hattenschwiler P, Hausmann A, Holloway JD, Kallies A, Karsholt O, Kawahara AY, Koster SJC, Kozlov MV, Lafontaine JD, Lamas G, Landry J-F, Lee S, Nuss M, Park K-T, Penz C, Rota J, Schintlmeister A, Schmidt BC, Sohn J-C, Solis MA, Tarrnann GM, Warren AD, Weller S, Yakovlev RV, Zolotuhin VV, Zwick A, Pape T, Blagoderov V, Mostovski MB, Emig CC, Segers H, Monks S, Richardson DJ (2011) Animal biodiversity: An introduction to higher-level classification and taxonomic richness. ZOOTAXA, 3148 (1) : 7 - 237.

Zhang Z-Q, Hooper JNA, Van Soest RWM, Pisera A, Crowther AL, Tyler S, Schilling S, Eschmeyer WN, Fong JD, Blackburn DC, Wake DB, Wilson DE, Reeder DM, Fritz U, Hodda M, Guidetti R, Bertolani R, Mayer G, Oliveira IDS, Adrain JM, Bamber RN, Kury AB, Prendini L, Harvey MS, Beaulieu F, Dowling APG, Klompen H, de Moraes GJ, Walter DE, Fan Q-H, Pesic V, Smit H, Bochkov AV, Khaustov AA, Baker A, Wohltmann A, Wen T, Amrine JW, Beron P, Lin J, Gabrys G, Husband R, Walter DE, Bolton S, Uusitalo M, Schatz H, Behan-Pelletier VM, OConnor BM, Norton RA, Dunlop JA, Penney D, Minelli A, Shear W, Ahyong ST, Lowry JK, Alonso M, Bamber RN, Boxshall GA, Castro P, Gerken S, Karaman GS, Goy JW, Jones DS, Meland K, Rogers DC, Svavarsson J, Janssens F, Christiansen KA, Ingrisch S, Brock PD, Marshall J, Beccaloni GW, Eggleton P, Mound LA, Slipinski SA, Leschen RAB, Lawrence JF, Holzenthal RW, Morse JC, Kjer KM, van Nieukerken EJ, Kaila L, Kitching IJ, Kristensen NP, Lees DC, Minet J, Mitter C, Mutanen M, Regier JC, Simonsen TJ, Wahlberg N, Yen S-H, Zahiri R, Adamski D, Baixeras J, Bartsch D, Bengtsson BA, Brown JW, Bucheli SR, Davis DR, De Prins J, De Prins W, Epstein ME, Gentili-Poole P, Gielis C, Haettenschwiler P, Hausmann A, Holloway JD, Kallies A, Karsholt O, Kawahara AY, J C Koster S, Kozlov MV, Lafontaine JD, Lamas G, Landry J-F, Lee S, Nuss M, Park K-T, Penz C, Rota J, Schintlmeister A, Schmidt BC, Sohn J-C, Solis MA, Tarmann GM, Warren AD, Weller S, Yakovlev RV, Zolotuhin VV, Zwick A, Pape T, Blagoderov V, Mostovski MB, Emig CC, Segers H, Monks S, Richardson DJ (2011) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. ZOOTAXA, 3148 : 1 - +.

Ballesteros-Mejia L, Kitching IJ, Beck J (2011) Projecting the potential invasion of the Pink Spotted Hawkmoth (Agrius cingulata) across Africa. International Journal of Pest Management, 57 : 153 - 159. doi: 10.1080/09670874.2010.546439

Beccaloni GW, Scoble MJ, Kitching IJ, Robinson GS, Pitkin B, Hine ADR, Lyal CHC (2011) The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) .

Hundsdoerfer AK, Mende MB, Harbich H, Pittaway AR, Kitching IJ (2011) Larval pattern morphotypes in the Western Palaearctic Hyles euphorbiae complex (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Macroglossinae). Insect Systematics & Evolution, 42 : 41 - 86. doi: 10.1163/187631211x555302

Hundsdoerfer AK, Mende MB, Kitching IJ, Cordellier M (2011) Taxonomy, phylogeography and climate relations of the Western Palaearctic spurge hawkmoth (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Macroglossinae). Zoologica Scripta, 40 (4) : 403 - 417. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00477.x

Ignatov II, Janovec JP, Centeno P, Tobler MW, Grados J, Lamas G, Kitching IJ (2011) Patterns of Richness, Composition, and Distribution of Sphingid Moths Along an Elevational Gradient in the Andes-Amazon Region of Southeastern Peru. Annals of the Entomological Society of America,, 104 : 68 - 76. doi: 10.1603/AN09083

Kitching IJ (2011) Reconciling the zoological and botanical approaches to taxonomy and nomenclature: lessons from the CATE experience. Nature Precedings,

Kitching IJ (2011) A new species of Leptoclanis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 from Upemba National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Entomologia Africana, 16 : 7 - 12.

Kitching I, Sadler S (2011) Lepidoptera, Insecta, In: Paleontology and geology of Laetoli: human evolution in context, Harrison T (Eds). Springer Science + Business Media B.V. : Dordrecht. 549 - 554.

Van Nieukerken E, Kaila L, Kitching IJ, Kristensen NP, Lees DC, Minet J, Mitter C, Mutanen M, Regier JC, Simonsen TJ, Wahlberg N, Yen S-H, Zahiri R, Adamski D, Baixeras J, Bartsch D, Bengtsson B, Brown JW, Bucheli SR, Davis DR, De Prins J, De Prins W, Epstein ME, Gentili-Poole P, Gielis C, Hättenschwiler P, Hausmann A, HOLLOWAY JD, Kallies A, Karsholt O, Kawahara AY, Koster JC, Kozlov MV, Lafontaine JD, Lamas G, Landry J-F, Lee S, Nuss M, Park K-T, Penz CM, Rota J, Schintlmeister A, Schmidt BC, Sohn J-C, Solis MA, Tarmann GM, Warren AD, Weller S, Yakovlev RV, Zolotuhin VV, Zwick A (2011) Order Lepidoptera. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa, 3148 : 212 - 221.

Wilson JJ, Rougerie R, Schonfeld J, Janzen DH, Hallwachs W, Hajibabaei M, Kitching IJ, Haxaire J, Hebert PDN (2011) When species matches are unavailable are DNA barcodes correctly assigned to higher taxa? An assessment using sphingid moths. BMC Ecology, 11 :

Kitching IJ, Scoble MJ, Smith CR, Sadler S, Young R, Blagoderov V (2010) CATE Sphingidae, version 1.4 .

Attié M, Kitching IJ, Veslot J (2010) Patterns of larval hostplant usage among hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) from La Réunion, with a comparison of the Mascarenes with other regions of the world. Revue d’Écologie (Terre et Vie), 65 : 3 - 44.

Blagoderov V, Kitching IJ, Simonsen T, Smith V (2010) Report on trial of SatScan tray scanner system by SmartDrive Ltd. Nature Precedings

Brechlin R, Kitching IJ (2010) Drei neue Taxa der miranda-Gruppe der Gattung Loepa Moore, 1859 (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 3 (1) : 12 - 18.

Brechlin R, Kitching IJ (2010) Eine neue Art der Gattung Salassa Moore, 1859 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Salassinae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 3 (1) : 9 - 11.

Brechlin R, Kitching IJ (2010) Vier neue Arten der Gattung Psilogramma Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 3 (3) : 66 - 74.

Brechlin R, Kitching IJ (2010) Einige Anmergunken zur moorei-Gruppe der Gattung Ambulyx Westwood, 1847 mit Beschreibung neur taxa (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Entomo- Satsphingia, 3 (3) : 20 - 26.

Hundsdoerfer AK, Kitching IJ (2010) A method for improving DNA yield from century-plus old specimens of large Lepidoptera while minimizing damage to external and internal abdominal characters. Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny, 68 : 151 - 155.

Nässig WA, Kitching IJ, Peigler RS, Treadaway CG (2010) The group of Cricula elaezia: comments on synonyms and priority questions, with illustrations of barcode similarity trees, distribution maps, a revised checklist and a formerly unknown female (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.), 11 : 145 - 165.

Vaglia T, Haxaire J, Kitching I, Liyous M (2010) Contribution à la connaissance des Theretra Hübner, 1819, des complexes clotho (Drury, 1773), boisduvalii (Bugnion, 1839) et rhesus (Boisduval, [1875]) d’Asie continentale et du Sud-est (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). The European Entomologist 3: 41-77. The European Entomologist, 3 : 41 - 77.

Zahiri R, Kitching IJ, Lafontaine JD, Mutanen M, Kaila L, Holloway JD, Wahlberg N (2010) A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera). Zoologica Scripta, 40 : 158 - 173. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00459.x

Reinert JF, Harbach RE, Kitching IJ (2009) Phylogeny and classification of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 157 (4) : 700 - 794. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00570.x

Bini LM, Diniz-Filho , Diniz-Filho JAF, Rangel TFLVB, Akre TSB, Albaladejo RG, Albuquerque FS, Aparicio A, Araujo MB, Baselga A, Beck J, Isabel BM, Boehning-Gaese K, Borges PAV, Castro-Parga I, Chey VC, Chown SL, de Marco Jr P, Dobkin DS, Ferrer-Castan D, Field R, Filloy J, Fleishman E, Gomez JF, Hortal J, Iverson JB, Kerr JT, Kissling WD, Kitching IJ, Leon-Cortes JL, Lobo JM, Montoya D, Morales-Castilla I, Moreno JC, Oberdorff T, Olalla-Tarraga MA, Pausas JG, Qian H, Rahbek C, Rodriguez MA, Rueda M, Ruggiero A, Sackmann P, Sanders NJ, Terribile LC, Vetaas OR, Hawkins BA (2009) Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: an empirical evaluation of spatial and non-spatial regression. Ecography: pattern and diversity in ecology, 32 (2) : 193 - 204. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05717.x

Beccaloni G, Holloway J, Kitching IJ, Sattler K, Scoble MJ, Tuck K, Vane-Wright RI (2009) A tribute to Dr Gaden S. Robinson (1949-2009). Systematics and Biodiversity, 7 : 351 - 354.

Beck J, Kitching IJ (2009) Drivers of moth species richness on tropical altitudinal gradients: a cross-regional comparison. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 18 : 361 - 371.

Brechlin R, Kitching IJ (2009) Ein Überblick über die Gattung Sataspes Moore, [1858] mit Beschreibung zweier neuer Arten von den Philippinen (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Entomo-Satsphingia, 2 (1) : 13 - 22.

Brechlin R, Kitching IJ (2009) Degmaptera cadioui n. sp., eine neue Sphingide (Lepidoptera) von Palawan, Philippinen. Entomo-Satsphingia, 2 (1) : 5 - 7.

Clark BR, Godfray HCJ, Kitching IJ, Mayo SJ, Scoble MJ (2009) Taxonomy as an e-Science. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (Series A), 367 : 953 - 966.

Hundsdoerfer AK, Rubinoff D, Attie M, Wink M, Kitching IJ (2009) A revised molecular phylogeny of the globally distributed hawkmoth genus Hyles (Lepidoptera; Sphingidae), based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 52 : 852 - 865. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.023

Janzen DH, Hallwachs W, Blandin P, Burns JM, Cadiou J, Chacon I, Dapkey T, Deans AR, Epstein ME, Espinoza B, Franclemont JG, Haber WA, Hajibabei M, Hall JPW, Herbert PDN, GAULD ID, Harvey DJ, Hausmann A, Kitching IJ, Lafontaine D, Landry J, Lemaire C, Miller JY, Miller JS, Miller L, Miller SE, Montero J, Munroe E, Green SR, Ratnasingham S, Rawlins JE, Robbins RK, Rodriguez JJ, Rougerie R, Sharkey MJ, Smith MA, Solis MA, Sullivan JB, Thiaucourt P, Wahl DB, Weller SJ, Whitfield JB, Willmott KR, Woods DM, Woodley NE, Wilson JJ (2009) Integration of DNA barcoding into an ongoing inventory of complex tropical biodiversity. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9 : 1 - 26. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02628.x

Kawahara AY, Mignault AA, Regier JC, Kitching IJ, Mitter C (2009) Kawahara, A.Y., Mignault, A.A., Regier, J.C., Kitching, I.J. & Mitter, C. Phylogeny and biogeography of hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): evidence from five nuclear genes. PLoS One, 4 (5) :

Regier JC, Zwick A, Cummings MP, Kawahara AY, Cho S, Weller S, Roe A, Baixeras J, Brown JW, Parr C, Davis DR, Epstein M, Hallwachs W, Hausmann A, Janzen DH, Kitching IJ, Solis MA, Yen S, Bazinet AL, Mitter C (2009) Toward reconstructing the evolution of advanced moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an initial molecular study. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 9 : 1 - 21. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-280

Mayo S, Allkin R, Baker W, Blagoderov V, Brake I, Clark B, Govaerts R, Godfray HCJ, Haigh A, Hand R, Harman K, Jackson M, Kilian N, Kirkup DW, Kitching IJ, Knapp S, Lewis GP, Malcolm-Tompkins P, von Raab-Straube E, Roberts DM, Scoble MJ, Simpson D, Smith CR, Smith V, Villalba S, Walley L, Wilkin P (2008) Alpha e-taxonomy: responses from the systematics community to the biodiversity crisis. Kew Bulletin, 63 : 1 - 16.

Reinert JF, Harbach RE, Kitching IJ (2008) Phylogeny and classification of Ochlerotatus and allied taxa (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) based on morphological data from all life stages. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 153 (1) : 29 - 114. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00382.x

Smith CR, Godfray HC, Scoble MJ, Clark BR, Kitching IJ, Mayo SJ, Blagoderov V, Haigh AL, Jackson M, Sadler S, Lay LN, Young RPW (2008) Introducing CATE - a model for moving taxonomy to the web, In: The 2nd Report on Insect Inventory Project in Tropical Asia (TAIIV) "The development of insect inventory project in Tropical Asia (TAIIV)", Yata O (Eds). Kyushu University : Fukuoka, Japan. 137 - 144.

Vaglia T, Haxaire J, Kitching IJ, Meusnier I, Rougerie R (2008) Morphology and DNA barcoding reveal three cryptic species within the Xylophanes neoptolemus and loelia species-groups (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Zootaxa, 1923 : 18 - 36.

Harbach RE, Rattanarithikul R, Howard TM, Linton Y-M, Kitching IJ (2007) Systematics of a new genus and cavernicolous species of the mosquito tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae) from Thailand. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 109 (2) : 469 - 488.

Harbach RE, Huong VD, Kitching JJ (2007) Systematics of Kimia, a new genus of Sabethini (Diptera : Culicidae) in the Oriental Region. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON, 109 (1) : 102 - 120.

Beck J, Kitching IJ (2007) Estimating regional species richness of tropical insects from museum data: a comparison of a geography-based and sample-based methods. Journal of Applied Ecology, 44 : 672 - 681.

Beck J, Kitching IJ (2007) Correlates of range size and dispersal ability: a comparative analysis of sphingid moths from the Indo-Australian tropics. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 16 : 341 - 349.

Beck J, Kitching IJ, Haxaire J (2007) The latitudinal distribution of sphingid species richness in continental Southeast Asia: what causes the biodiversity 'hot spot' in northern Thailand?. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 55 : 179 - 185.

Brechlin R, Kitching IJ (2007) Zwei neue Taxa aus der Gattung Acosmeryx Boisduval, [1875] (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.), 28 : 5 - 10.

Godfray HCJ, Clark BR, Kitching IJ, Mayo SJ, Scoble MJ (2007) The web and the structure of taxonomy. Systematic Biology, 56 : 943 - 955.

Hawkins BA, Albuquerque FS, Araújo MB, Beck J, Bini LM, Cabrero-Sañudo FJ, Castro-Parga I, Diniz-Filho JAF, Ferrer-Castán D, Field R, Gómez JF, Hortal J, Kerr JT, Kitching IJ, Léon-Cortés JL, Lobo JM, Montoya D, Moreno JC, Olalla-Tárraga M, Pausas JG, Qian H, Rahbek C, Rodríguez M, Sanders NJ, Williams P (2007) A global evaluation of metabolic theory as an explanation for terrestrial species richness gradients. Ecology, 88 : 1877 - 1888.

Haxaire J, Kitching IJ, Melichar T (2007) Hommage à Jean-Marie Cadiou. The European Entomologist, 1 : 24 - 28.

Kitching IJ, Zahiri R (2007) Taxonomic notes and new records of the genus Sphingonaepiopsis Wallengren, 1858 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in Iran. Zootaxa, 1610 : 41 - 52.

Scoble MJ, Clark BR, Godfray HCJ, Kitching IJ, Mayo SJ (2007) Revisionary taxonomy in a changing e-landscape. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 150 : 305 - 317.

Beck J, Kitching IJ, Linsenmair KE (2006) Extending the study of range-abundance relations to tropical insects: sphingid moths in Southeast Asia. EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY RESEARCH, 8 (4) : 677 - 690.

Beck J, Kitching IJ (2006) Hawkmoths (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) of Southeast Asia: online distribution maps and island checklists. Zoological Society of Wallacea Newsletter, 4 : 3 - 14.

Beck J, Kitching IJ, Linsenmair KE (2006) Measuring range sizes of Southeast-Asian hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): effects of scale, resolution and phylogeny. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 15 :

Beck J, Kitching IJ, Linsenmair KE (2006) Diet breadth and host plant relationships of Southeast-Asian sphingid caterpillars. Ecotropica, 12 : 1 - 13.

Beck J, Kitching IJ, Linsenmair KE (2006) Determinants of regional species richness: an empirical analysis of the number of hawkmoth species (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in the Malesian archipelago. Journal of Biogeography, 33 :

Beck J, Kitching IJ, Linsenmair KE (2006) Wallace's line revisited: has vicariance or dispersal shaped the distribution of Malesian hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)?. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 89 : 455 - 468.

Beck J, Kitching IJ, Linsenmair KE (2006) Effects of habitat disturbance can be subtle yet significant: biodiversity of hawkmoth-assemblages (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in Southeast-Asia. Biodiversity and Conservation, 15 :

Kitching IJ (2006) The biology of Death’s Head Hawkmoths, lepidopteran kleptoparasites of honey bees. The Central Association of Bee-Keepers : 20.

León-Cortés JL, Kitching IJ, Molina-Martínez A (2006) Distribution patterns of Sphingidae in Mexico, In: Componentes bióticos principales de la entomofauna mexicana, Llorente-Bousquets J, Morrone JJ (Eds). Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México : México, D.F.. 629 - 647.

Reinert JF, Harbach RE, Kitching IJ (2006) Phylogeny and classification of Finlaya and allied taxa (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) based on morphological data from all life stages. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 148 (1) : 1 - 101. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00254.x

Harbach RE, Kitching IJ (2005) Reconsideration of anopheline phylogeny (Diptera: Culicidae: Anophelinae) based on morphological data. Systematics and Biodiversity, 3 (4) : 345 - 374. doi: 10.1017/S147720000500174X

Hundsdoerfer AK, Kitching IJ, Wing M (2005) The phylogeny of the Hyles euphorbiae complex (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): Molecular evidence from sequence data and ISSR-PCR fingerprints. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution, 5 : 173 - 198.

Hundsdoerfer AK, Kitching IJ, Wink M (2005) A molecular phylogeny of the hawkmoth genus Hyles (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae, Macroglossinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 35 : 442 - 458.

Hundsdoerfer AK, Kitching IJ, Wink M (2005) Morphological variability of Hyles t. tithymali (Boisduval, 1832) caterpillars on the Canary Islands (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 115 : 29 - 33.

Moré M, Kitching IJ, Cocucci AA (2005) Sphingidae: Esfíngidos de Argentina. Hawkmoths of Argentina. Literature of Latin America : Buenos Aires. 166.

Reinert JF, Harbach RE, Kitching IJ (2004) Phylogeny and classification of Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae) based on morphological characters of all life stages. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 142 (3) : 289 - 368. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00144.x

Hundsdoerfer A, Kitching IJ, Wink M (2004) Biogeography and phylogeny of the genus Hyles (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) based on mt-DNA sequences. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 4 (Electronic Supplement 6) :

Kitching IJ, Haxaire J (2004) Clanis phalaris cottoni ssp. n., nouveau sphinx du nord de la Thaïlande (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Lépidoptères, 2 : 35 - 45.

Watson AT, O'Neill MA, Kitching IJ (2004) Automated identification of live moths (Macrolepidoptera) using digital automated identification System (DAISY). Systematics and Biodiversity, 1 (3) : 287 - 300. doi: 10.1017/s1477200003001208

Yen SH, Kitching IJ, Tzen CS (2003) A new subspecies of hawkmoth from Lanyu, Taiwan, with a revised and annotated checklist of the Taiwanese Sphingidae (Lepidoptera). Zoological Studies, 42 (2) : 292 - 306.

Hundsdörfer A, Kitching IJ, Wink M (2003) The molecular phylogeny of the Hyles euphorbiae complex (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 3 :

Kitching IJ (2003) Phylogeny of the death's head hawkmoths, Acherontia [Laspeyres], and related genera (Lepidoptera : Sphingidae : Sphinginae : Acherontiini). Systematic Entomology, 28 (1) : 71 - 88. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2003.00199.x

Kitching IJ, Haxaire J (2003) On the identity of Cechenena aegrota (Butler, 1875) and related species (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 108 : 355 - 360.

Kitching IJ (2002) The phylogenetic relationships of Morgan's Sphinx, Xanthopan morganii (Walker), the tribe Acherontiini, and allied long-tongued hawkmoths (Lepidoptera : Sphingidae, Sphinginae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 135 (4) : 471 - 527. doi: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00021.x

Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching IJ, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2002) Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of America north of Mexico. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 69 : 1 - 824.

Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching IJ, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LW (2001) HOSTS: a database of the hostplants of the world's Lepidoptera .

Ando T, Nomura M, Tsukahara J, Watanabe H, Kokubun H, Tsukamoto T, Hashimoto G, Marchesi E, Kitching IJ (2001) Reproductive isolation in a native population of Petunia sensu Jussieu (Solanaceae). Annals of Botany, 88 (3) : 403 - 413. doi: 10.1006/anbo.2001.1485

Brechlin R, Kitching IJ (2001) Neue Informationen zu einigen Arten der Gattung Antheraea Hübner 1819 ["1816"] von den Andamanen, Indien (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.), 22 : 119 - 123.

Brechlin R, Kitching IJ, Cadiou J-M (2001) Description of a new species of the genus Polyptychus Hübner, [1819] "1816" (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, with notes on several species of the subtribe Choerocampina. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.), 22 : 31 - 35.

Cadiou J-M, Kitching IJ (2001) Polyptychus affinis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, revisited (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Entomologica Africana, 6 : 35 - 40.

Kitching IJ, Ledezma J, Baixeras J (2001) An annotated checklist of the Sphingidae of Bolivia (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Gayana, 65 : 79 - 111.

Lachlan RB, Kitching IJ (2001) A new species of hawk moth (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from Papua New Guinea. Australian Entomologist, 28 : 117 - 122.

Robinson GS, Ackery PR, Kitching IJ, Beccaloni GW, Hernández LM (2001) Hostplants of the moth and butterfly caterpillars of the Oriental Region. The Natural History Museum & Southdene Sdn Bhd : London & Kuala Lumpur. 744.

Forey PL, Kitching IJ (2000) Experiments in coding multistate characters, In: Homology and Systematics. Coding characters for phylogenetic analysis, Scotland R, Pennington RT (Eds). Taylor & Francis : London. 54 - 80.

Kitching IJ, Cadiou J-M (2000) Hawkmoths of the world: an annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). The Natural History Museum & Cornell University Press : London & Ithaca, NY. 226.

Kitching IJ, Forey P, Williams DM (2000) Cladistics, In: Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Levin S (Eds). Academic Press : San Diego. 677 - 692.

Kitching IJ, Treadaway CG, Hogenes W (2000) Psilogramma villani n. sp., a new hawkmoth from the Philippines and Sulawesi (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.), 21 : 57 - 60.

Pittaway AR, Kitching IJ (2000) Notes on selected species of hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from China, Mongolia and the Korean Peninsula. Tinea, 16 : 170 - 211.

Anthony TG, Harbach RE, Kitching IJ (1999) Phylogeny of the Pyretophorus Series of Anopheles subgenus Cellia (Diptera: Culicidae). Systematic Entomology, 24 (2) : 193 - 205. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1999.00092.x

Yela JL, Kitching IJ (1999) La filogenia de Noctuidos, revisada (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Noctuid phylogeny revisited (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), In: Evolución y filogenia de Arthropoda (Evolution and phylogeny of Arthropoda), Melic A, de Haro JJ, Méndez M, Ribera I (Eds). Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa : 485 - 520.

Harbach RE, Kitching IJ (1998) Phylogeny and classification of the Culicidae (Diptera). Systematic Entomology, 23 (4) : 327 - 370. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1998.00072.x

Cadiou J-M, Kitching IJ (1998) Corrigendum [to the colour plate for "A new species of Ampelophaga from Nepal and northeastern India (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)"]. Lambillionea, 98 :

Cadiou J-M, Kitching IJ (1998) A new species of Ampelophaga from Nepal and northeastern India (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Lambillionea, 98 : 353 - 358.

Kitching IJ, Jin XB (1998) A new species of Sphinx (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from Sichuan province, China. Tinea, 15 : 275 - 278.

Kitching IJ, Rawlins JE (1998) The Noctuoidea, In: Handbuch der Zoologie 4 (Arthropoda), (2) (Insecta), (35) Lepidoptera. Moths and butterflies 1 (Evolution, systematics and biogeography), Kristensen NP (Eds). Walter de Gruyter : Berlin. 355 - 401.

Tennent WJ, Kitching IJ (1998) A reappraisal of two endemic hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from the Solomons Archipelago. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.), 19 : 1 - 21.

Wilkinson M (2002) Cladistics. Wiley Online Library :

Kitching IJ, Owada M, Brechlin R (1997) A revision of the genus Pentateucha (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae), with the description of two new species from eastern China and Taiwan. Tinea, 15 : 79 - 93.

Inoue H, Kennett RD, Kitching IJ (1996) Sphingidae. Pinratana A (Eds). Chok Chai Press : Bangkok. 149.

Kitching IJ (1996) Identifying complementary areas for conservation in Thailand: An example using owls, hawkmoths and tiger beetles. Biodiversity and Conservation, 5 (7) : 841 - 858. doi: 10.1007/BF00054738

Kitching IJ, Brechlin R (1996) New species of the genera Rhodoprasina Rothschild & Jordan and Acosmeryx Boisduval from Thailand and Vietnam, with a redescription of Rhodoprasina corolla Cadiou & Kitching (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo (N.F.), 17 : 51 - 66.

Kitching IJ, Spitzer K (1995) An annotated checklist of the Sphingidae of Vietnam. Tinea, 14 : 171 - 195.

Margules CR, Kitching IJ (1995) Assessing priority areas for biodiversity and protected areas networks. Boyle TJB, Boontawee B (Eds). Measuring and monitoring biodiversity in tropical and temperate forests, 278 8 - 27 8 8Measuring and monitoring biodiversity in tropical and temperate forests. Proceedings of a IUFRO symposium held at Chiang Mai, Thailand, August 27th - September 2nd 1994. CIFOR : Bogor, Indonesia. 355 - 364.

Tuck KR, Kitching IJ (1995) Microwaving moths to relax them. Antenna, 19 : 105 - 106.

Vane-Wright RI, Smith CR, Kitching IJ (1994) Systematic assessment of taxic diversity by summation, In: Systematics and conservation evaluation, Forey PL, Humphries CJ, Vane-Wright RI (Eds). Clarendon Press : Oxford. 309 - 326.

Hasan SA, Kitching IJ (1993) A cladistic analysis of the tribes of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera). Kontyu, 61 : 651 - 669.

Kitching IJ, Rudge SR (1993) First record of Darapsa myron (Sphingidae) from Thailand. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 79 : 240 - 242.

Forey PL, Humphries CJ, Kitching IJ, Scotland RW, Siebert DJ, Williams DM (1992) Cladistics: a practical course in systematics. Oxford University Press : Oxford. 191.

Kitching IJ (1992) Tree building techniques, In: Cladistics: a practical course in systematics, Forey PL, Humphries CJ, Kitching IJ, Scotland RW, Siebert DJ, Williams DM (Eds). Oxford University Press : Oxford. 44 - 71.

Kitching IJ (1992) The determination of character polarity, In: Cladistics: a practical course in systematics, Forey PL, Humphries CJ, Kitching IJ, Scotland RW, Siebert DJ, Williams DM (Eds). Oxford University Press : Oxford. 22 - 43.

WALKER AK, KITCHING IJ, AUSTIN AD (1990) A reassessment of the phylogenetic relationships within the Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Cladistics, 6 (3) : 291 - 306. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1990.tb00546.x

Cadiou J-M, Kitching IJ (1990) New Sphingidae from Thailand (Lepidoptera). Lambillionea, 98 (4) : 3 - 34.

Carter DJ, Kitching IJ, Scoble MJ (1988) The adaptable caterpillar. The Entomologist, 107 : 68 - 79.

Kitching IJ (1988) A new species of Ocalaria (Noctuidae: Catocalinae) and analysis of some morphological characters useful for elucidating noctuid phylogeny. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 42 : 218 - 230.

KITCHING IJ (1987) Genitalic heterogeneity in Cornutiplusia circumflexa (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Plusiinae). Systematic Entomology, 12 (4) : 449 - 457. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1987.tb00217.x

Kitching IJ (1987) Spectacles and Silver Ys: a synthesis of the systematics, cladistics and biology of the Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), 54 : 76 - 262.

Kitching IJ, Vane-Wright RI, Ackery PR (1987) THE CLADISTICS OF IDEAS (LEPIDOPTERA, DANAINAE). Cladistics, 3 (1) : 14 - 34. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1987.tb00494.x

KITCHING IJ (1986) Allozyme variation in the milkweed butterflies (Lepidoptera: Danainae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 86 (4) : 367 - 389. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1986.tb01816.x

DeVries PJ, Harvey DJ, Kitching IJ (1986) The ant associated epidermal organs on the larva of Curetis regula Evans (Lycaenidae). Journal of Natural History, 20 : 621 - 633.

DEVRIES PJ, KITCHING IJ, VANEWRIGHT RI (1985) The systematic position of Antirrhea and Caerois with comments on the classification of the Nymphalidae. Systematic Entomology, 10 (1) : 11 - 32. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1985.tb00561.x

KITCHING IJ (1985) Early stages and the classification of the milkweed butterflies (Lepidoptera: Danainae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 85 (1) : 1 - 97. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01516.x

Kitching IJ (1984) An historical review of the higher classification of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), 49 : 153 - 234.

Kitching IJ (1984) Enzyme variation in the Danainae, In: The Biology of Butterflies, Vane-Wright RI, Ackery PR (Eds). null : 191 - 192.

KITCHING IJ (1984) The use of larval chaetotaxy in butterfly systematics, with special reference to the Danaini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Systematic Entomology, 9 (1) : 49 - 61. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1984.tb00500.x

Kitching IJ (1983) Classifications: the static products of taxonomists?. Antenna, 7 : 49 - 50.

Grünig M, Beerli N, Ballesteros-Mejia L, Kitching IJ, Beck J (2017) How climatic variability is linked to the spatial distribution of range sizes: seasonality versus climate change velocity in sphingid moths. Journal of Biogeography, 44 (11) : 2441 - 2450. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13051

Huang Y-X, Xing Z-P, Zhang H, Xu Z-B, Tao L-L, Hu H-Y, Kitching IJ, Wang X (null) Characterization of the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Eight Diurnal Hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae): New Insights into the Origin and Evolution of Diurnalism in Sphingids. Insects, 13 (10) : 887 - 887. doi: 10.3390/insects13100887

Paterson G, Albuquerque S, Blagoderov V, Brooks S, Cafferty S, Cane E, Carter V, Chainey J, Crowther R, Douglas L, Durant J, Duffell L, Hine A, Honey M, Huertas B, Howard T, Huxley R, Kitching I, Ledger S, McLaughlin C, Martin G, Mazzetta G, Penn M, Perera J, Sadka M, Scialabba E, Self A, Siebert D, Sleep C, Toloni F, Wing P (null) iCollections – Digitising the British and Irish Butterflies in the Natural History Museum, London. Biodiversity Data Journal, 4 : e9559 - e9559. doi: 10.3897/bdj.4.e9559

Supervision

Doctorate equivalent (PhD) Co-supervisor to Jonsson G
Co supervisor(s): Isaac N
Understanding the past to predict the future of distribution change in British Lepidoptera
, Ascot, Berkshire
Funding: NERC SSCP Doctoral Training Program
1/9/2018 - 31/8/2022.

Master's Co-supervisor to Morrison SE
Co supervisor(s): Kitching IJ
Comparative morphology of male scent structures in Mythimnini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Imperial College London, London, London, United Kingdom
10/4/2017 - 30/9/2017.

Master's equivalent Lead supervisor to Levy M
Cladistic and biogeographic relationships of the polytypic genera of the avian family Macrosphenidae: Macrosphenus longbills and Sylvietta crombecs
Imperial College, London
Natural History Museum, London

Master's equivalent Joint supervisor to Lussu M
Co supervisor(s): Zilli A
Phylogenetics of the pantropical fruit-piercing moth genus Eudocima (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Erebidae)
Imperial College, London
Natural History Museum, London

Master's equivalent Lead supervisor to Kulczycki A
Morphological insights into the phylogenetic relationships of the Solifugae (Arachnida)
Imperial College, London
Natural History Museum, London

Examiner

External examiner, Doctoral degree
Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris
16/7/2009

External examiner, Doctoral degree
Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London
31/10/2002

Invited and keynote speaker

Towards a global Lepidoptera catalogue, 20th European Congress of Lepidopterology: 25/4/2017.