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Esteemed Alberta lepidopterist Norbert Kondla has joined the BAMONA team. His expertise in northwestern species is a valuable asset. Welcome!

Two new moth species were added. Sightings are pending.
Ceratonyx satanaria
Macrochilo louisiana

Twelve new moth species were added to the database. Records are pending for these species, so the maps should show data soon.

Xubida linearella
Nemapogon tylodes
Baileya doubledayi
Cenopis lamberti
Condica confederata
Anacampsis coverdalella
Eublemma minima
Ilecta intractata
Gypsonoma substitutionis
Hypenula cacuminalis
Iridopsis pergracilis
Isochaetes beutenmuelleri

The scientific name of the Corn Earworm Moth has been corrected to Helicoverpa zea, and Schinia gracilienta changed to Schinia gracilenta.

Three new moth species were added to the database: Catocala sappho, Chalcoela pegasalis, and Eusarca fundaria. New records for these species are pending.

The recently verified sightings page displays the newest approved submissions, and now you can filter these by region. Looking for the most recent sightings from North Carolina? Just select from the list.

Think you know what species you spotted? When you submit your sighting, tell us! There is a new field on the submission form so a submitter can provide this information to the reviewer.

Catocala carissima and Digrammia decorata were added to the database.

Anomis commoda has been changed to Anomis privata as per (Lafontaine and Schmidt 2010), and all records verified as A. commoda were changed as well.

San Francisco State University - Sierra Nevada Field Campus course: Moths of California

Instructors: Dr. Paul Opler, Jerry Powell, and Evi Buckner-Opler
Dates: July 1-3, 2011
For more information: see http://www.sfsu.edu/~sierra/Course_Moths.html