Donald HobernNew twirler #moth described from #Chile. I've added it to the relevant dataset to feed into the classification for #CatalogueOfLife and @gbif:
Global #Lepidoptera Index updated.
Feeds into #CatalogueOfLife & @gbif.
Names updated: Erebidae: 271 Eupterotidae: 185 Nymphalidae: 42 Sphingidae: 30 Cosmopterigidae: 12 Pieridae: 9 Elachistidae: 7 Zygaenidae: 7 Limacodidae: 6 Coleophoridae: 4 Lasiocampidae: 4 Oecophoridae: 4 Lycaenidae: 4 Meessiidae: 3 Metarbelidae: 3 Lyonetiidae: 2 Crambidae: 2 Bucculatricidae: 2 Nepticulidae: 2 Notodontidae: 2 Uraniidae: 1 Hepialidae: 1 Noctuidae: 1 Papilionidae: 1 Pyralidae: 1 Glyphipterigidae: 1
Major sources:
Takano 2026, Revisional notes on the monkey-moth genus Stenoglene Felder & Felder, 1874 and its allies, with descriptions of several new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Bombycoidea: Eupterotidae: Janinae), https://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2026.94.1
Holloway 1999, Moths of Borneo Part 5: Lymantriidae
Pohl et al. 2023, Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Bouyer 2012, Description de nouveaux Eupterotidae africains (Lepidoptera), https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301790853
Horsfield et al. 1860, A catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of Natural History at the East-India House, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33263736
De Prins et al. 2024, Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera), http://www.afromoths.net
Ferguson 1978, Noctuoidea (in part): Lymantriidae, https://images.peabody.yale.edu/mona/22-2-ocr.pdf
Nielsen et al. 1996, Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia
Grote et al. 1866, Lepidopterological Notes and Descriptions - No. 2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3830861
Riotte 1972, Über Orgyia definita Packard (Lep.: Lymantriidae) II. Die westlichen Populationen
Sruoga et al. 2026, New species in the Elachista praelineata species group (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae, Elachistinae) from East Africa, with identification keys to the Afrotropical species, https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1267.177018
Min et al. 2026, Four species of the sakaiella group of Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.1.6
Pavlova et al. 2026, A new genus of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea) from Central and Western Africa, http://doi.org/10.25221/fee.542.1
Felder et al. 1874, Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil, https://archive.org/details/umdieerdeindenja03akad/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater Leach 1815, Entomology, https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17493547
Kuroko 2015, The Genus Cosmopterix (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae)
ArandaMoths#Sesiidae.net clearwing #moth checklist updated. Feeds into #CatalogueOfLife & @gbif.
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55353/about
See https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55353/diff for changes.
#Sesiidae.net clearwing #moth checklist updated. Feeds into #CatalogueOfLife & @gbif.
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55353/about
See https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55353/diff for changes.
Global #Lepidoptera Index updated. Feeds into #CatalogueOfLife & @gbif.
Names updated:
Riodinidae: 50
Stathmopodidae: 30
Brahmaeidae: 25
Saturniidae: 9
Noctuidae: 5
Zygaenidae: 4
Nymphalidae: 3
Erebidae: 3
Tridentaformidae: 2
Adelidae: 2
Limacodidae: 2
Nolidae: 2
Depressariidae: 2
Bombycidae: 1
Scythrididae: 1
Brachodidae: 1
Papilionidae: 1
Major sources:
Zhang et al. 2024, Taxonomic Advances Driven by the Genomic Analysis of Butterflies
#Sesiidae.net clearwing #moth checklist updated. Feeds into #CatalogueOfLife & @gbif.
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55353/about
See https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55353/diff for changes.
Global #Lepidoptera Index update with full revision of Brachodidae.
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/about
Feeds into #CatalogueOfLife & @gbif.
Names updated: Brachodidae: 191 Notodontidae: 55 Erebidae: 33 Cossidae: 27 Psychidae: 10 Depressariidae: 7 Tineidae: 6 Limacodidae: 5 Oecophoridae: 5 Noctuidae: 3 Choreutidae: 3 Pyralidae: 3 Crambidae: 2 Zygaenidae: 2 Tischeriidae: 2 Bombycidae: 1 Lacturidae: 1
Major sources:
Kallies 2025, Checklist of Brachodidae
Schintlmeister et al. 2025, A review of the genus Antheua Walker, 1855 with descriptions of 19 new species and one new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae: Phalerinae), https://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.90.11
Japaridze et al. 2025, Burrowed through time: Exploring the enigmatic Cossidae moths of Georgia, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5701.5.1
Fibiger et al. 2001, The Araeopteron genus-group in Yemen, with description of one new genus and 6 new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
Jin et al. 2025, Four new and one newly recorded species of Araeopteron Hampson, 1893 (Erebidae, Boletobiinae, Araeopteronini), with the checklist of the genus from China, https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1256.159686
Lvovsky 2016, Five new species of flat moths (Lepidoptera, Depressariidae) from Russia and neighboring countries, https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873816070137
Kallies 1998, Erster Beitrag zur Kenntnis der palaearktischen Brachodidae: Revision von Brachodes fallax mit Beschreibungen neuer zentralasiatischer Arten (Sesioidea), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41421922
Guillermet 2009, Contribution à l’étude des Hétérocères de l’île La Réunion: trois nouveaux Tineidae et un nouveau Noctuidae (Lepidoptera Heterocera)
Ahmad et al. 2025, Four new species of the genus Striogyia Holloway (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) from India, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5706.4.8
Beaver et al. 2025, Two genera newly recorded from Australia: Mahasena Moore and Manatha Moore(Lepidoptera: Psychidae: Oiketicinae), each with a new species, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.4.6
Min et al. 2025, Four new species of Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.2.8
Yakovlev 2011, Catalogue of the Family Cossidae of the Old World (Lepidoptera), https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Neue-Entomologische-Nachrichten_66_0001-0129.pdf
Han et al. 2021, Three new species of the genus Araeopteron Hampson, 1893 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Boletobiinae) from the Xizang Autonomous Region, China with an updated list of the world species, https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1060.67674
Zagulajev 1999, New and Little Known Moth Species (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae, Brachodidae) in the Fauna of Russia and Neighboring Territories:XII
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Global #Lepidoptera Index updated. Feeds into #CatalogueOfLife & @gbif.
Names updated:
Erebidae: 72 Argyresthiidae: 8 Nolidae: 7 Zygaenidae: 6 Noctuidae: 4 Autostichidae: 2 Castniidae: 1
Major sources:
Volynkin 2025, Taxonomic review of the Afrotropical taxa included in the genus Eugoa Walker with the redescription of the genus Spatulosia Toulgoët and descriptions of thirty-six new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.90.1
Huang et al. 2025, A review of the genus Docleomorpha Hering (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae) with descriptions of four new species, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5689.1.6
Ouyang et al. 2025, Two new species and three new records of the genus Nygmia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) from Xizang, China, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.4.8
Kim et al. 2025, Three new species of the genus Argyresthia Hübner, [1825] (Lepidoptera: Argyresthiidae) from Korea, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.4.7
Gyulai 1989, Amphipoea chovdica sp. n. from Mongolia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ENT_0010_0097-0104.pdf
Sterling et al. 2025, A new species of the genus Ptochoryctis Meyrick, 1894 (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from India, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5691.2.9
Gyulai et al. 1994, A new Amphipoea Billberg, 1820 species from West Siberia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), http://publication.nhmus.hu/pdf/annHNHM/Annals_HNHM_1994_Vol_86_45.pdf
Kühne 2008, Butterflies and moth diversity of the Kakamega forest (Kenya) Hampson 1910, Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum (Natural History), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16270958
Global #Lepidoptera Index updated, including full edit for the Castniidae (sun moths) which had outdated names for most species and dozens of unrecognised synonyms.
Feeds into #CatalogueOfLife & @gbif
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/about
Names updated: Castniidae: 772 Metarbelidae: 67 Noctuidae: 57 Epermeniidae: 39 Nymphalidae: 12 Limacodidae: 12 Peleopodidae: 9 Erebidae: 6 Adelidae: 5 Depressariidae: 5 Cossidae: 4 Gelechiidae: 4 Tineidae: 2 Thyrididae: 2 Nolidae: 2 Coleophoridae: 1 Papilionidae: 1 Pieridae: 1 Zygaenidae: 1
Major sources:
Lamas 1995, A critical review of J. Y. Miller's Checklist of the Neotropical Castniidae (Lepidoptera), https://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/BVRevistas/entomologia/v37/pdf/a08v37.pdf
Moraes et al. 2014, Phylogeny of Neotropical Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Castniidae): testing the hypothesis of the mimics as a monophyletic group and implications for the arrangement of the genera, https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12102
López-Godínez et al. 2012, Notes sur le genre Athis Hübner, [1819] et description d’une nouvelle espèce du Mexique (Lepidoptera, Castniidae), https://doi.org/10.3406/mhnly.2012.1580
Huemer et al. 2025, Epermenia reinhardgaedikei sp. nov., an overlooked species from central-southern Europe (Lepidoptera, Epermeniidae), https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.2.5
Ronkay et al. 2014, New Xyleninae and Psaphidinae species from Asia, with special reference to the Central and Inner Asiatic Dasypolia Guenee, 1852 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
Chen et al. 2025, On the taxonomy of the subgenera Tatsipolia, Chalapolia, and Kitapolia of the genus Dasypolia Guenée with the description of six new species from southern Xizang, China (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1244.152267
Yakovlev et al. 2020, Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. I. Introduction and genera Encaumaptera Hampson 1893, Orgyarbela gen. nov., and Hollowarbela gen. nov., http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2020.38.11
Kallies et al. 2020, New and little-known sun-moth species from Australia (Lepidoptera, Castniidae), https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4895.2.1
Oiticica 1955, Revisão dos nomes genéricos sul-americanos da subfamília Castniinae (Lepidoptera Castniidae)
Yakovlev et al. 2021, Revision of the family Metarbelidae (Lepidoptera) of the Oriental Region. III. Genus Stueningeria Lehmann, 2019, https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2021.43.2
Worthy et al. 2017, A review of the genus Haemonides Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Castniidae), https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4320.2.3