Kyhl A. Austin, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, Honolulu, Hawai'i.
Todd M. Gilligan, Affiliate, C. P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Colorado State University
Marc E. Epstein, Senior Insect Biosystematist, Lepidoptera; California Department of Food and Agriculture, Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, Sacramento, California
Robin Boudwin, Center for Integrated Pest Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Ashley Gottlieb, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Melissa Islam, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Kojun Kanda, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T, Pest Identification Technology Lab (PITL), Identification Technology Program (ITP), Alexandria, Virginia
Cong Mai, Center for Integrated Pest Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Amanda J. Redford, USDA-APHIS-PPQ, Colorado
For questions about content, please contact Kyhl A. Austin (kaaustin@hawaii.edu).
For questions about access or functionality, please contact ITP (itp@usda.gov).
TortID was developed and published by the Identification Technology Program (ITP), USDA-APHIS-PPQ Science and Technology, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
The authors would like to thank the USDA-APHIS-PPQ Plant Protection Act Section 7721 for funding the development of TortID. This work would not have been possible without the help of numerous individuals, which we attempt to list on this page. The efforts of everyone listed here are greatly appreciated, and we apologize in advance if anyone who contributed to this project was omitted.
The following individuals and institutions assisted with, provided logistics for, or provided permits for field work in various countries: Leif Aarvik, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway; David Agassiz, Weston-Super-Mare, England; Joaquin Baixeras Almela, Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, Universitat de Valencia, Spain; Gianfranco Anfora, Claudio Ioriatti, and Valerio Mazzoni, IASMA, S. Michele all'Adige, Italy; Bruno Bagnoli, Consiglio per la Ricerca e la Sperimentazione in Agricoltura, Firenze, Italy; Frans Groenen, Luyksgestel, Netherlands; Bobbie Hitchcock, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra; Marianne Horak, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra; Margaret Kinnaird, Mpala Research Centre, Kenya; Esther Kioko, Grace Ngugi, and J. Mugambi Ruthiiri, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi; Andrea Lucchi, University of Pisa, Italy; Max Moulds, David Rentz, and Paul Zborowski, Kuranda, Queensland, Australia; Gionata Pulignani, Mazzei, Castello di Fonterutoli, Castellina in Chianti, Italy; Queensland Parks and Wildlife, Cairns, Queensland; Angus Simpson, Gilgil, Kenya; Marja van der Straten, Plant Protection Service, Wageningen, Netherlands; Daniel Strickman and Rene Sforza, USDA/ARS/European Biological Control Laboratory, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France.
The following persons and institutions provided loans of specimens or donated specimens for morphological study and/or DNA sequencing: John Brown, USDA/ARS/SEL, Smithsonian, Washington D.C.; Bong-Kyu Byun, Department of Biological Sciences, Hannam University, Korea; Soowon Cho, Department of Plant Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Korea; Jamie Davies, Catherine Young, and Graeme Anderson, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment, Tasmania, Australia; Jason Dombroskie, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca; Ted Edwards, Bobbie Hitchcock, and Marianne Horak, Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra; Sabine Gaal-Haszler, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna; Roberto Gonzalez, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Frans Groenen, Luyksgestel, Netherlands; Mark Hoddle and Doug Yanega, Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside; Esther Kioko and J. Mugambi Ruthiiri, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi; Eric LaGasa, Washington State Department of Agriculture, Olympia; Steven Passoa, USDA/APHIS/PPQ, Columbus, Ohio; Jerry Powell, University of California, Essig Museum of Entomology, Berkeley; Obie Sage, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento; Marja van der Straten, Plant Protection Service, Wageningen, Netherlands; Luis Miguel Torres-Vila, Servicio de Sanidad Vegetal, Spain; Kevin Tuck, The Natural History Museum, London; Richard Worth, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Salem; Doug Yanega, University of California, Riverside.
The following individuals generously allowed us to use their photographs on this website: John W. Brown (tortricidae.jwb@gmail.com), Chris Lewis (britishlepidoptera@gmail.com), Christi Jaeger (christi.jaeger@canada.ca), Loren Jones (ldj37@cornell.edu), James Steffen (SteffenJF69@gmail.com), JoAnne Russo (sukirusso@yahoo.com), and Dr. A. W. Thomas (at5535587@gmail.com). For information regarding their photos, including specimen details and permission to use them for your own non-commercial works, please contact them directly.
