Updates to Global #Lepidoptera Index. Changes feed into #CatalogueOfLife and @gbif.

Names updated in following families: Noctuidae: 565, Nymphalidae: 18, Erebidae: 1, Papilionidae: 1, Pyralidae: 1

Sources include:

Hacker et al. 2002, Hadeninae I
Ochsenheimer 1816, Die Schmetterlinge von Europas, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34451139
Boisduval 1840, Europaeorum lepidopterorum index methodicus

Latest version: https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/about @dhobern #taxonomy #entomology

4 - Die schmetterlinge von Europa - Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Most changes this week were from updating the Leucaniini for Europe and south-east Asia to match Hacker et al.'s 2002 treatment in volume 4 of Noctuidae Europaeae. All changes from that volume are now included. Working now to update the North American Leucaniini to match Pohl & Nanz 2023 (http://wedgefoundation.org/MONA2.asp).

So much to do to improve these lists - let me know if you are a #lepidopterist interested in helping.

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