Marianne Horak

Marianne Horak is an entomologist who specialises in Australian Lepidoptera, particularly the phycitine and tortricid moths.[1] She also did important research on the scribbly gum moths,[2] during which eleven new species of Ogmograptis were discovered.[3]

She is the current editor-in-chief of Monographs of Australian Lepidoptera,[2] chairperson of the Australian Lepidoptera Research Endowment,[2] and Honorary Research Fellow in Lepidoptera Systematics at the Australian National Insect Collection at CSIRO,[1] where she works as Lepidoptera curator[4] and was Head of Lepidoptera research until her retirement in 2010.[2]

Horak has discovered several new species of Lepidoptera, including multiple species of Cadra,[5] Heterochorista,[6] and Ogmograptis.[3] She also is the taxon authority for several genera, including Aglaogonia, Atriscripta and Cnecidophora.[7]

Horak was the first recipient of the J.O. Westwood Medal for excellence in insect taxonomy for "her outstanding monograph entitled The Olethreutine Moths of Australia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)".[8] The moth species Coleophora horakae[9] and Myrtartona mariannae[10] are dedicated to her.

Horak is considered one of the worldwide leading experts on the systematics of Tortricidae.[11][12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Marianne Horak". The Conversation. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Scientific Advisory Committee". Australian Lepidoptera Research Endowment. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 Horak, M; Day, M.F.; Barlow, C.; Edwards, E.D.; Su, Y.N.; Cameron, S.L. (2012). "Systematics and biology of the iconic Australian scribbly gum moths Ogmograptis Meyrick (Lepidoptera : Bucculatricidae) and their unique insect–plant interaction". Invertebrate Systematics. 26 (4). Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "ANIC Curators". CSIRO. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  5. ↑ Horak, Marianne (1 August 1994). "A Review of Cadra Walker in Australia: Five New Native Species and the Two Introduced Pest Species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 33 (3): 245–262. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1994.tb01226.x. ISSN 1440-6055.
  6. ↑ Horak, Marianne (October 1984). "The Papuan tortricine genus Heterochorista and the systematic position of the Sparganothini (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae)". Systematic Entomology. 9 (4): 383–433. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1984.tb00517.x. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  7. ↑ Horak, Marianne; Komai, Furumi (2006). Olethreutine moths of Australia. Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0643090932. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "J.O. Westwood Medal". Royal Entomological Society. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Baldizzone, G. (1996). "A taxonomic review of the Coleophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Australia. Contribution to the knowledge of the Coleophoridae, LXXXV". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 139: 105. ISSN 0040-7496. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  10. ↑ Tarmann, Gerhard M. (2004). Zygaenid moths of Australia : a revision of the Australian Zygaenidae, (Procridinae: Artonini). CSIRO. pp. 176–177. ISBN 978-0-643-06798-1. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  11. ↑ "Book Review" (PDF). TORTS: Newsletter of the Troop of Reputed Tortricid Systematists. 8 (1): 2. 2007. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  12. ↑ Robinson, Gaden S. (2 November 2005). "Book Review". Systematic Entomology. 31 (2): 369–369. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00318.x. Retrieved 2 September 2016.


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