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Five hundred and thirty-one Pennsylvania moth records were added to the database from: Ann C. Pettigrew, Bernie Picklo, Bob Machesney, Bob Moul, Chuck Tague, Clarissa Lehman, Corey Husic, Curt Lehman, Jae Nanthranoha, James K. Adams, Jeffrey T. Frey, Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, Joe Pusateri, John Wheatley, Karl Gardner, Ken Lebo, Leonard Hess, Marcy Cunkelman, Monica Miller, Moses Martin, Rick Gillmore, Samuel R. Smith, Shane T. Cross, Stephen Menasian, Stephen Kloiber, Steven Johnson, Tom Raub, Wade Clark, and William F. Boscoe. (PA-Feb-May2010)

Fifteen new moth species were added to the database: Acleris cornana, Acleris hastiana, Lithophane disposita, Acleris cervinana, Gretchena deludana, Argyrotaenia pinatubana, Rhyacionia rigidana, Petrova wenzeli, Pseudexentera costomaculana, Phaneta umbrastriana, Acronicta noctivaga, Caripeta angustiorata, Hydrelia lucata, Proteoteras crescentana, Henricus contrastanus.

The scientific name of the Brown-lined Owlet moth was corrected from Macrochilo lithophora to Macrochilo litophora.

A new Pike County, Ohio record of the (Amphion floridensis) was added to the database from Julie Knox-Birkhimer.

A Forsyth County, North Carolina record of the Luna moth (Actias luna) was added to the database from submitter Cailyn Pendry.

Three hundred and forty-two California butterfly records were added to the database. (CA-6Jan10)

A new record of the Hydaspe Fritillary (Speyeria hydaspe) in Shoshone County, Idaho was added to the database from submitter Gerry Queener. (ID-19Jan10)

The first photograph of the Pumice Dotted-blue (Philotiella leona) was added to the database from photographer Gary Pearson. This species is only found in a small range in Oregon.

A new Catocaline moth was added to the database along with a photograph by Jim Conrad and a Yucatan, Mexico record: Eulepidotis rectimargo. (MX-20Jan10)

A Boone County, Idaho record of the Five-spotted Hawkmoth (Manduca quinquemaculata) was added to the database from submitter Lance Bennett. (ID-20Jan10)