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New Checklist Update: We're pleased to announce the first comprehensive update to the 2023 North America Lepidoptera checklist. Pohl & Nanz (2026) covers all the corrections and additions we're aware of, up to December 31, 2025. This work includes the updated checklist as an EXCEL file (Appendix 1), for easy searching, sorting, and customizing, as well as an updated references list (Apendix 2).

The 2023 NA checklist (Pohl & Nanz, editors, 2023) is now open-access and is available as a PDF with annotations covering the corrections noted in the Pohl & Nanz (2025) Errata. (The original 2023 checklist is also available as an EXCEL file with data fields exactly as published.)

New MONA Fascicle: It is with great pleasure that we announce the publication of a new MONA Fascicle covering the "Papaipema group of genera and Arundinaria-feeding genera" by Eric L. Quinter and Anthony E. Mcbride. Many years in the making, this remarkable work pulls the shroud from some of the most difficult genera in the Noctuidae. See Abstract for mor details.

All MONA Fascicles now open-access! In an effort to further promote the study of lepidoptera, the Wedge Entomological Research Foundation offers all other MONA Fascicle publications as PDF downloads free of charge!

New host plant information: Many users will be delighted to find the addition of a wealth of larval host plant information to the species accounts which has been graciously shared by Kimberley J. Shropshire and Douglas W. Tallamy, authors of the new Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records" (see ZooKeys 1261: 101-113).

In Memoriam: Among the North American lepidopterist we lost in 2025, we saw the passing of one of the true giants, Dr. J. Donald Lafontaine (December 8, 1948 - November 20, 2025) (obituary). A world renowned expert in the study of the Noctuoidea, Don was a huge contributor of MPG. I owe him a great debt to him personally for his support and encouragement. Chris Schmidt, his coauthor of many important publications, has posted an In Memoriam documenting his life and accomplishments.

Also in 2025 we saw the passing of Dr. David Adamski (March 2nd, 1950 - October 25th, 2025), an avid science communicator and author or co-author of over 115 scientific publications. For more information please refer to his obituary.

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Checklist Updates:

Current MPG species list, as of June 1, 2026 (this provisional list includes all species on the MPG site, without higher taxonomy, notes, etc.). [Excel Download]

Pohl, G.R. & S.R. Nanz (2026), Updated North America Lepidoptera checklist (December 2025 version with complete nomenclature, notes, and ID info sources). [PDF]

Pohl, G.R. & S.R. Nanz, 2025. Corrections to the 2023 "Annotated Taxonomic Checklist Of The Lepidoptera Of North America, North Of Mexico", Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 79(2): 104-116. [Request to the authors for a digital copy]

Pohl, G.R. & S.R. Nanz (eds.) (2023), Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. [PDF, Excel Download]