Brigette Valencia Zacharczenko, PhD

POSTPONED: Northeast Natural History Conference (NENHC) 2020

            Stamford CT, USA, April 18/19

            "Get your students outside - the benefits of a BioBlitz"

 

Connecticut Science Teachers Association (CTSA) 2018

            Southbury, CT, USA, November 10

            "Using Insects in the classroom to encourage student-led inquiry"

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Northeast Natural History Conference (NENHC) 2017

            Cromwell, CT, USA, April 22

            "What's really on the menu? An evaluation of host plant literature and diet breadth of caterpillars"

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Connecticut Entomological Society (CES) 2016
            Storrs, CT, USA, September 16
            “The systematics of Acronictinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), the evolution of larval defenses in Acronicta,             and tracking the gain/loss of complex courtship structures in Noctuidae.”

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Entomological Society of America (ESA) 2015

            Minneapolis, MN, USA, November 14-18

            “Larval Host Phylodiversity of Acronicta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acronictinae”

 

The Lepidopterists’ Society (LepSoc) 2015

            Purdue University, West Lafeyette, Indiana, USA, July 28 – August 2

            “Who can you trust? The trouble with larval host records for Acronicta (and all Lepidoptera)”

 

Entomological Society of America (ESA) 2014

            Portland, OR, USA, November 16-19

            “Phylogeny of the Dagger Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acronictinae: Acronicta) and the Evolution of             Caterpillar Defenses”

 

Entomological Society of America (ESA) 2013

            Austin, TX, USA, November 9-14

            “How not to be eaten: Defensive strategies of Acronicta caterpillars”

 

CARCNET 2010 20th Annual Meeting at Acadia University

            Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, September 17-20

            Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network

            “Geographic variation in dorsal colour patterns in Fowler's toads” with David M. Green