Past Meetings

The following is a list of the locations and dates for all past Annual Meetings of The Lepidopterists' Society. Click on the meeting number for a link to the Meeting Program for that year.

Meeting Year Dates Location Site/Sponsoring Organization
1 1950 Dec 29-30 New York, NY American Museum of Natural History
2 1951 Dec 28-29 Chicago, IL Chicago Natural History Museum
3 1952 Jul 2-4 Ottawa, ON Entomology Research Institute
4 1953 Jul 2-4 Los Angeles, CA LA County Museum of Natural History
5 1954 Dec 28-30 Pittsburgh, PA Carnegie Museum of Natural History
6 1955 Dec 28-30 Lake Placid, FL Archbold Biological Station
7 1956 Dec 27 New York, NY American Museum of Natural History
8 1957 Dec 27-28 Washington, DC U.S. National Museum
9 1958 Dec 29-30 Lawrence, KS University of Kansas
  1959     (Scheduled for Ann Arbor, MI, cancelled)
10 1960 Dec 28 New York, NY American Museum of Natural History
11 1961 Aug 7-10 Gothic, CO Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
12 1962 Aug 25-26 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
13 1963 Jul 1-2 San Antonio, TX Town Hall, Wonderland Shopping City
14 1964 July 18-20 Carson City, NV Nevada State Museum
  1965     (No meeting in 1965)
15 1966 May 29-Jun 1 Ottawa, ON Entomology Research Institute
16 1967 Jun 24-25 Corvallis, OR Oregon State University
17 1968 Jun 15-18 Washington, DC U.S. National Museum
18 1969 Jun 14-17 East Lansing, MI Michigan State University
19 1970 Jun 19-20 Carson City, NV Nevada State Senate Chambers
20 1971 Jun 17-20 Louisville, KY University of Louisville
21 1972 Jun 22-25 San Antonio, TX Trinity University
22 1973 Jun 21-24 Sarasota, FL Allyn Museum of Entomology
23 1974 Aug 22-25 Los Angeles, CA LA County Museum of Natural History
24 1975 Aug 21-24 Amherst, MA University of Massachusetts
25 1976 Jun 25-28 Madison, WI Wisconsin Center, University of Wisconsin
26 1977 Jul 21-24 Boulder, CO University of Colorado Museum
27 1978 Jul 6-9 Louisville, KY University of Louisville
28 1979 Jun 28-Jul 1 Fairbanks, AK University of Alaska
29 1980 Jun 19-22 Gainesville, FL University of Florida
30 1981 Jul 31-Aug 2 Morelos, MX Sociedad Mexicana de Lepidopterologia
31 1982 Jul 15-19 Laramie, WY University of Wyoming
32 1983 Jul 7-10 Columbus, OH The Ohio State University
33 1984 Jul 5-8 Fairview, AB Fairview Community College
34 1985 Jul 18-21 Urbana, IL University of Illinois
35 1986 May 23-26 Ottawa, ON Carleton University
36 1987 Jun 25-28 Berkeley, CA University of California, Berkeley
37 1988 Jul 14-17 Pittsburgh, PA Carnegie Museum of Natural History
38 1989 Jul 27-30 Albuquerque, NM University of New Mexico
39 1990 Jun 14-17 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Public Museum
40 1991 Aug 1-4 Tucson, AZ University of Arizona
41 1992 Jun 25-28 East Lansing, MI Michigan State University
42 1993 Jul 8-11 Fort Collins, CO Colorado State University
43 1994 Aug 4-7 Pine Mountain, GA Callaway Gardens
44 1995 Jun 29-Jul 2 Minneapolis, MN University of Minnesota
45 1996 Jun 13-16 Houston, TX Houston Museum of Natural Science
46 1997 Jul 9-13 New Haven, CT Yale University
47 1998 Jul 30-Aug 2 Eureka, IL Eureka College
48 1999 Aug 4-8 Sierra Vista, AZ Windemere Conference Center
49 2000 Jul 26-30 Winston-Salem, NC Wake Forest University
50 2001 Jul 25-29 Corvallis, OR Oregon State University
51 2002 Jun 13-16 Charleston, SC College of Charleston
52 2003 Jul 24-27 Olds, AB Olds College
53 2004 Jul 14-18 College Park, MD University of Maryland
54 2005 Aug 2-7 Sierra Vista, AZ Windemere Conference Center
55 2006 Jun 14-18 Gainesville, FL McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity
56 2007 Jul 11-15 Bakersfield, CA Pacific Slope Section
57 2008 Jun 24-27 Starkville, MS Mississippi State University
58 2009 Jun 16-20 Quintana Roo, MX ELEN III
59 2010 Jul 8-11 Leavenworth, WA Washington State University
60 2011 Jun 23-26 New Haven, CT Yale University
61 2012 Jun 23-29 Denver, CO Denver Museum of Nature & Science
62 2013 Jun 27-30 Gainesville, FL McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity
63 2014 Jul 16-19 Park City, UT Yarrow Conference Center
64 2015 Jul 28-Aug 2 West Lafayette, IN Purdue University
65 2016 Jul 6-10 Florissant, CO The Nature Place
66 2017 Jul 30-Aug 1 Tucson, AZ University of Arizona
67 2018 Jul 11-15 Ottawa, ON Carleton University
68 2019 Jul 9-12 Davis, CA University of California at Davis
  2020     (Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
69 2021 Aug 18-20 (Virtual) (Online meeting only due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
70 2022 Jun 14-17 Cullowhee, NC Western Carolina University
71 2023 Ju1 19-23 Billings, MT Northern Hotel (hosted by NRRES and CSU)