Ronald William Hodges (August 7, 1934 – December 10, 2017), known as Ron, was an American entomologist and lepidopterist.

[1] Interested in moths from a young age, he obtained a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship and began researching the Gelechiidae.

[1] He was the author of three volumes of The Moths of America North of Mexico, on the Oecophoridae, Cosmopterigidae, and Gelechiidae.

[1] He served as managing director of the series' publisher, the Wedge Entomological Research Foundation and as its editor-in-chief.

Chionodes hodgesorum was named in honor of Hodges and his wife, to coincide with his 80th birthday.