Greetings moth enthusiasts! Wow, has it really been well over a year since my last post?

I am pleased to announce the publication of "Corrections to the 2023 "Annotated Taxonomic Checklist Of The Lepidoptera Of North America, North Of Mexico" by G.R. Pohl & S.R. Nanz in the June 2025 issue of the Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. Thank you to all those who have reported and helped resolve errors to the Checklist! While it is never pleasant to make mistakes, getting it right is always a relief. As are all LepSoc articles, a digital version will be made available to members of LepSoc and BioOne on the BioOne website. It is also available upon request to the authors.

Members of the mothing community, will be delighted to learn of the recent publication of "Moths of the World: A Natural History" by David L. Wagner, the newest addition to the Princeton University Press series, "A Guide to Every Family"". With 300 color illustrations, this splendid work details the natural histories of species of the world's major families of moths, covering anatomy, evolution, life cycle, behavior, ecology, habitat, distribution, host plant, and conservation. Dr. Wagner, a long time friend and advisor to MPG, is renowned for his books on caterpillars and his integrative approach to understanding moth species. This book will prove to be a welcome resource to all moth enthusiasts.

On a sadder note, we lost retired Entomology Curator Donald R. Davis who passed away on 12 October 2024 at age 90. An author of hundreds of books and articles on moths (see list on his NMNH profile page), Don has been a generous contributor of information to MPG. His works included co-authorship of the sections on Adeloidea and Gracillariidae in the 2023 Checklist for which I am personally grateful. You can learn more about Don's earlier life in the January/February 1985 issue of News of the Lepidopterists' Society.

Please take note that National Moth Week 2025 will be held on July 19-27. Click here to register online.

Steve Nanz

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Download Pohl & Nanz (eds.) (2023), Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico - Excel format

Download current MPG checklist file - Excel format, 11-Mar-2024.

Request to the authors for a digital copy of: 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.