''The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation'' is a bimonthly
peer-reviewed
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entomological
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journal. Its emphasis is
British
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and
Europe
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an
Lepidoptera
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, but material on other insect
order
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...
s is also published regularly. It was established by
J. W. Tutt in 1890. Its current editor is Colin W. Plant.
Two long-running series featured in the journal are the annual reports on immigration of Lepidoptera into the British Isles, and an annual review of the
Microlepidoptera recorded from Britain. The ''Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation'' became a publication of the
Amateur Entomologists' Society in January 2009.
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