Peter T Oboyski

Peter T. Oboyski

Alumnus

Education

PhD. University of California, Berkeley, August 2011

MS. Oregon State University, Corvallis OR, June 1996

BS. University of Connecticut, Storrs CT, June 1991

Research Interests / Specializations:

Lepidoptera (moths); Island Biogeography; Systematics

Research Description:

Most of my work revolves around Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) on Pacific Islands. I am particularly interested in the evolutionary histories, biogeography, ecology, and conservation of "microlepidoptera" (small moths) in the Hawaiian Islands, Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and several other Pacific archipelagos. Visit my website for more information.

Selected Publications

Ball-Damerow, J. E., P. T. Oboyski, et al. (2015). "California dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) database: temporal and spatial distribution of species records collected over the past century." ZooKeys 482: 67-89.

Banko PC, Oboyski PT, Slotterback JW, et al. 2002. Availability of food resources, distribution of invasive species, and conservation of a Hawaiian bird along a gradient of elevation. Journal of Biogeography 29(5-6):789-808 (pdf)

Brenner GJ, Oboyski PT, Banko PC. 2002. Parasitism of Cydia spp. (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) on Sophora chrysophylla (Fabaceae) along an elevation gradient of dry subalpine forest on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 78(2):101-109 (pdf)

Oboyski PT, Slotterback JW, Banko PC. 2004. Differential parasitism of seed-feeding Cydia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) by native and alien wasp species relative to elevation in subalpine Sophora (Fabaceae) forests on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Journal of Insect Conservation 8(2-3): 229- 240 (pdf)

Paynter, Q, Gourlay AH, Oboyski PT, Fowler SV, Hill RL, Withers TM, Parish H, and Hona S. 2008. Why did specificity testing fail to predict the field host-range of the gorse pod moth in New Zealand? Biological Control 46:453-462 (pdf)

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Presentation, ESPM Graduate Research Symposium, UC Berkeley, 2007

Outstanding Graduate Student Presentation, 2nd place, Hawaii Conservation Conference, 2006

Walker Fund for systematics research in entomology, UC Berkeley, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005

Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley, 2003-2004

Freitag Memorial Award, UC Berkeley, 2003-2004

GK-12 Teaching Fellowship, UC Berkeley, 2003-2004

Entomology Students Organization, President, UC Berkeley, 2003-2004

Graduate Assembly, Delegate, UC Berkeley, 2003-2004

DeWind Award (Xerces Society award) 2003

Magy Award, UC Berkeley, 2002-2003

Keen Award, UC Berkeley, 2001-2002