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John Wesley Brown (born 1951), U.S. entomologist (Lepidoptera).

• Author abbreviation: J.W. Brown
• SEL, USDA, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, National Museum Natural History, E-517, MRC 168, Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA

Taxon names authored

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• 253 taxon names authored by John Wesley Brown

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• Brown, J.W. & Faulkner, D.K., 1982. New Rhopalocera records for Southern California with the description of a new species of Habrodais Scudder (Lepidoptera: Theclinae). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 67: 6pp. 6 figs. Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W., 1983. A New Species of Mitoura Scudder from Southern California (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Journal of Research in the Lepidoptera 21(4):245-254. PDF. Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W. & Powell, J.A. 1991. Systematics of the Chrysoxena Group of genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini). University of California Publications in Entomology 111, 1-87. Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W. 1999: A new genus of tortricid moths (Tortricidae: Euliinl) injurious to grapes and stone fruits in Chile. The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 53(2): 60–64. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. & Cramer, A. 1999. Five new species of Argyrotaenia (Tortricidae: Archipini) from Mexico and the southwestern United States. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 53(3): 114–125. BHL Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W. 2000. Revision of Lobogenesis Razowski and Odonthalitus Razowski (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae), with comments on their monophyly. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 102(1): 21–49. BHL Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. & Powell, J.A. 2000: Systematics of Anopina Obraztsov (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini). University of California Publications in Entomology 120: 1–128. Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W. & McPherson, T.Y. 2001. Review of Rebinea Razowski and Eliachna Razowski (Tortricidae: Euliini): sister groups endemic to Chile and Argentina. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 55(4): 129–139. BHL Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W. & Adamski, D. 2003: One new species and one new combination in Netechma Razowski (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 110(1): 247–254. full article (pdf). Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. & Adamski, D. 2003. Systematic revision of Anopinella Powell (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini) and phylogenetic analysis of the Apolychrosis group of genera. Zootaxa 200: 1–94. Abstract & excerpt full article (PDF).Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. & Razowski, J. 2003. Review of Inape Razowski (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini), with descriptions of five new species. Acta zoologica cracoviensia 46(3): 197–208. PDF. Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. & Razowski, J. 2003. Description of Ptychocroca, a new genus from Chile and Argentina, with comments on the Bonagota Razowski group of genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini). Zootaxa 303: 1–31. Abstract & excerpt PDF. Reference page. 
• Epstein, M.E. & Brown, J.W. 2003. Early stages of the enigmatic Prodidactis mystica (Meyrick) with comments on its new family assignment (Lepidoptera: Prodidactidae). Zootaxa 247: 1–16. Abstract & excerpt Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W., Brown, R.L. 2004: A new species of Cryptaspasma Walsingham (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Central America, The Caribbean, and Southeastern United States, with a catalog of the world fauna of Microcorsini. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 106(2): 288–297. full article BHLReference page. 
• Brown, J.W., Adamski, D., Hodges, R.W. & Bahr, S.M. 2004. Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Zootaxa 510: 1–160. Abstract & excerpt full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Razowski, J. & Brown, J.W. 2004. New species and new combinations in Neotropical Euliini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). SHILAP revista de lepidopterologia 32(128): 321–337. PDF. Reference page. 
• Trematerra, P. & Brown, J.W. 2004. Argentine Argyrotaenia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): Synopsis and descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 574: 1–12. Abstract & excerpt Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W. 2005. World Catalogue of Insects. Volume 5: Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) 1–741. Apollo Books. ISBN 9788788757415 Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W. & Baixeras, J. 2006. Macrocydia divergens, a new genus and species of Grapholitini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Central America. Zootaxa 1197: 45–54. Abstract & excerpt Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W. & Zachariades, C. 2007. A new species of Dichrorampha (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Grapholitini) from Jamaica : A potential biocontrol agent against Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 109(4): 938–947. BHL Reference page. 

• Dombroskie, J.J. & Brown, J.W. 2009: A new species of Clepsis Guenée, 1845 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from the Sky Islands of Southeastern Arizona. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 111(4): 769–774. full article (pdf)Reference page. 
• Rota, J. & Brown, J.W., 2009: A new genus and species of Grapholitini (Lepidoptera,Tortricidae) from Florida, U.S.A. Zookeys 23: 39-46. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.23.213. Reference page. 
• Razowski, J. & Brown, J.W. 2009. Records of Tortricidae from the Afrotropical Region, with Descriptions of New Taxa (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). SHILAP revista de lepidopterologia 37(147): 371–384. PDF. Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W., Hoddle, M.S. 2010: A New Species of Histura Razowski (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Polyorthini) from Guatemala Attacking Avocados (Persea americana) (Lauraceae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 102(1): 10–21. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797-112.1.10. Reference page. 

• van Nieukerken, E.J., Kaila, L., Kitching, I.J., Kristensen, N.P., Lees, D.C., Minet, J., Mitter, C., Mutanen, M., Regier, J.C., Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Yen, S-H., Zahiri, R., Adamski, D., Baixeras, J., Bartsch, D., Bengtsson, B.A., Brown, J.W., Bucheli, S.R., Davis, D.R., de Prins, J., de Prins, W., Epstein, M.C., Gentili-Poole, P., Gielis, C., Hättenschwiler, P., Hausmann, A., Holloway, J.D., Kallies, A., Karsholt, O., Kawahara, A.Y., Koster, S., Kozlov, M.V., Lafontaine, J.D., Lamas, G., Landry, J-F., Lee, S., Nuss, M., Park, K-T., Penz, C.M., Rota, J., Schintlmeister, A., Schmidt, B.C., Sohn, J-C., Solis, M.A., Tarmann, G.M., Warren, A.D., Weller, S., Yaklovlev, R.V., Zolotuhin, V.V. & Zwick, A. 2011. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. Pp 212–221 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page.  PDF. Reference page. 

• Powell, J.A. & Brown, J.W. 2012. Fascicle 8.1, of The Moths of American North of Mexico (Tortricoidea: Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Sparganothini + Atteriini). 1-230. Reference page. 
• Razowski, J. & Brown, J.W. 2012. Descriptions of new Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) reared from native fruit in Kenya. Zootaxa 3222: 1–27. Preview PDF. Reference page. 
• Regier, J.C., Brown, J.W., Mitter, C., Baixeras, J., Cho, S., Cummings, M.P., Zwick, A. 2012. A Molecular Phylogeny for the Leaf-Roller Moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and Its Implications for Classification and Life History Evolution. PLoS ONE 7(4): e35574. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035574 Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W. 2013b: A new genus of pine-feeding Cochylina from the western United States and northern Mexico (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini). Zootaxa 3640(2): 270–283. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3640.2.9 Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. 2013c. Two New Neotropical Species of Platynota with Comments on Platynota stultana Walsingham and Platynota xylophaea (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 115(2): 128–139. Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W., Janzen, D.H. & Hallwachs, W. 2013. A food plant specialist in Sparganothini: A new genus and species from Costa Rica (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). ZooKeys, 303: 53–63. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.303.5230 . Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W. 2014. Review of Aesiocopa Zeller, 1877, with the descriptions of two new species (Tortricidae: Sparganothini). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 68(1): 1–9. PDF
• Brown, J.W. 2014b. Circanota: a new genus of Sparganothini from the Neotropics, and its two new species (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). ZooKeys 462: 125–134. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.462.7647 Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. 2014c. A New Species of Amorbia from the Mountains of Northwestern Mexico (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 116(4): 373–377. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.116.4.373. Reference page. 
• Timm, A.E. & Brown, J.W. 2014: A new genus of Grapholitini from Africa related to Thaumatotibia (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). ZooKeys 438: 113-128. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.438.7490 Reference page. 
• Gilligan, T.M. & Brown, J.W. 2014. A new name for the western spruce budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)? The Canadian Entomologist 146: 583–589. DOI: 10.4039/tce.2014.17 Reference page. 

• Gilligan, T.M. & Brown, J.W. 2016. A New Genus for Tortrix druana Walsingham, 1914 and a New Species from the Northern Neotropics (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini: Euliina). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 70(2): 139–144. DOI: 10.18473/lepi.70i2.a9 Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W., 2016. A New Generic Assignment for Tortrix baboquavariana Kearfott, 1907 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with Comments on Its Tribal Assignment. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 70(2): 173–175. DOI: 10.18473/lepi.70i2.a1. Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W. & Timm, A.E. 2017. Descriptions of Two New Species of Ecdytolopha Zeller, 1875 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae), One from the Southwestern U.S. and One from Venezuela, with Comments on Ecdytolopha Barcodes. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 119(1): 9-17. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.119.1.9 Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. & Timm, A.E. 2017a. Celsumaria: a new genus of Grapholitini from the Afrotropical region (Lepidoptera : Tortricidae) Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History 7(1): 97-108. Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W., Matthews, D.L. & Miller, J.Y. 2018. Two new species of Megalota from the Bahamas (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethruetinae). Zootaxa 4455(3): 597–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.18 Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. & Sullivan, J.B. 2018. A new species of Cenopis Zeller, 1876, from the Southeastern United States (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120(3): 493-499. Reference page. 
• Heikkilä, M., Brown, J.W., Baixeras, J., Mey, W. & Kozlov, M.V. 2018. Re-examining the rare and the lost: a review of fossil Tortricidae (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 4394(1): 041–060. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.1.2 PDF. Reference page. 
• Razowski, J. & Brown, J.W. 2018. A new genus for Argyroploce streblopa Meyrick, 1936 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 28(2): 61–65. PDF. Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W. 2020. Synopsis of the Chrysoxena Group in Costa Rica, with Descriptions of New Species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 74(3), 163-175. DOI: 10.18473/lepi.74i3.a3. . Reference page. 
• Pathania, P.C., Das, A., Brown, J.W. & Chandra, K. 2020. Catalogue of Tortricidae Latreille, 1802 (Lepidoptera: Tortricoidea) of India. Zootaxa 4757(1): 1–95. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4757.1.1 Reference page. 

• Phillips-Rodríguez, E., Brown, J.W., Hallwachs, W. & Janzen, D.H. 2021. Chlamydastis Meyrick of Costa Rica: barcodes, biology, and descriptions of 36 new species (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae). Insecta Mundi 0868: 1–96. PDF. Reference page. 
• Sharkey, M.J., Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Chapman, E.G., Smith, M.A., Dapkey, T., Brown, A., Ratnasingham, S., Naik, S., Manjunath, R., Perez, K., Miltom, M., Hebert, P., Shaw, S.R., Kittel, R.N., Solis, M.A., Metz, M.A., Goldstein, P.Z., Brown, J.W., Quicke, D.L.J., van Achterberg, C., Brown, B.V. & Burns, J.M. 2021. Minimalist revision and description of 403 new species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps, including host records for 219 species. ZooKeys 1013: 1–665. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1013.55600. . Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W. 2022. A new species of Thalleulia Razowski, 2004 from Costa Rica with the first reported female of the genus (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliina). Zootaxa 5213(5): 587–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5213.5.7. . Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W., Razowski, J., Aarvik, L., Timm, A.E. & Copeland, R.S. 2022. New species and new combinations in Afrotropical Eucosmocydia Diakonoff, 1988 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae). Insecta Mundi 0927: 1–27. PDF. Reference page. 

• Brown, J.W. & Brown, R.L., 2023. First Report of Neopetissius slaterorum O'donnell, 2001 in the United States, with a Key to the Domestic Genera of Lethaeini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 125(1): 6-10. DOI: 10.4289/0013-8797.125.1.6. . Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. & Timm, A.E. 2023. A new species of Concinocordis Razowski and Brown, 2012 from Kenya (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 33(2): 117-123. Reference page. 

• Doan, L.M., Miller, J.S., Brown, J.W., Forister, M.L. & Dyer, L.A. 2024. Two new species of the hyperdiverse geometrid moth genus Eois (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Ecuador, with descriptions of early stages. ZooKeys 1192: 111–140. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1192.111275 Reference page. 
• Brown, J.W. 2024. New genera and species of tortricid moths from Chile and Argentina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). Zootaxa 5551(1): 51–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.1.2Reference page. 

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