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Editor, Dr John Brown (John.Brown@ars.usda.govTortricidae
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, c/o National Museum of Natural History, MRC 168 Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A.
Editor, Jadranka Rota  (rotaj@si.edu) Choreutidae, Sesiidae, Immidae, and Cossidae

Department of Entomology National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution PO Box 37012 MRC 105 Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA 
Editor, Dr Jean-Francois Landry
(landryjf@agr.gc.ca) Gelechioidea and other microlepidoptera
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Canadian National Collection 960 Carling Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
Editor, Dr Lawrence Gall (Lawrence.gall@yale.edu) Noctuidae and other macrolepidoptera 
Computer Systems Office, Peabody Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, Yale University New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Editor, Michael Toliver (miketol@eureka.edu) Butterflies and other macrolepidoptera
Division of Math and Sciences Eureka College 300 East College Avenue Eureka, IL 61530, USA
Editor, Dr Shen-Horn Yen
(shenhornyen@hotmail.com) Zygaenoidea and Pyraloidea
Department of Biological Sciences National Sun Yat-Sen University 70 Lien-hai Rd. Kaohsiung City 804, Taiwan, Republic of China  

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2010

Article 
Zootaxa 2347: 1–36 (29 Jan. 2010) 18 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 8 Dec. 2009
Revision of the North American Genera Tetracis Guenée and Synonymization of Synaxis Hulst with Descriptions of Three New Species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)
CLIFFORD D. FERRIS (USA) & B. CHRISTIAN SCHMIDT (Canada)

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2009

 Article 
Zootaxa 2325: 39-61 (23 Dec. 2009) 17 plates; 42 references                         Accepted: 17 Nov. 2009
Immature stages of Calycopis bellera (Hewitson) and C. janeirica (Felder) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini): Taxonomic significance and
new evidence for detritivory
MARCELO DUARTE (Brazil) & ROBERT K. ROBBINS (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2314: 63-68 (18 Dec. 2009) 4 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 13 Nov. 2009
DNA barcoding confirms species rank for a cryptic geometrid species from
Turkey and Bulgaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Sterrhinae)
FEZA CAN (Turkey)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2310: 51-58 (14 Dec. 2009) 3 plates; 24 references                          Accepted: 19 Nov. 2009
The genus Crypsithyris Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) in Guangdong Province, China, with comments on the biology and the description of a new
species
GUO-HUA HUANG (P.R. China), TOSHIYA HIROWATARI (Japan) & MIN WANG (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2288: 42-50 (12 Nov. 2009) 1 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 14 Oct. 2009
Carmenta chromolaenae Eichlin, a new species (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) for the
biological control of Chromolaena odorata (L.) King & Robinson (Asteraceae)
THOMAS D. EICHLIN (USA), OONA S. DELGADO (Venezuela), LORRAINE W. STRATHIE (South
Africa), COSTAS ZACHARIADES (South Africa), & JOSE CLAVIJO (Venezuela)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2287: 55-63 (11 Nov. 2009) 3 plates; 8 references                          Accepted: 14 Oct. 2009
Notes on the genus Metaeuchromius Bleszynski (Lepidoptera: Crambidae:
Crambinae) from China, with description of two new species
WEICHUN LI (P.R. China), HOUHUN LI (P.R. China) & MATTHIAS NUSS (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2282: 1-50 (5 Nov. 2009) 7 plates; 132 references                          Accepted: 12 Oct. 2009
Curt Schrottky (1874–1937): South American entomology at the beginning of
the 20th century (Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera)
CLAUS RASMUSSEN (Peru), BOLÍVAR RAFAEL GARCETE-BARRETT (Brazil) & RODRIGO B.
GONÇALVES (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2281: 53-67 (4 Nov. 2009) 4 plates; 82 references                          Accepted: 29 Sep. 2009
Sex attractant, distribution and DNA barcodes for the Afrotropical leaf-mining
moth Phyllonorycter melanosparta (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
JURATE DE PRINS (Belgium), RAIMONDAS MOZ
ŪRAITIS (Sweden), CARLOS LOPEZVAAMONDE (France) & RODOLPHE ROUGERIE (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2280: 27-52 (3 Nov. 2009) 9 plates; 38 references                          Accepted: 28 Sep. 2009
Revision of the Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera:
Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), with the description of a new genus
ANTONIO DURANTE (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2279: 1-50 (2 Nov. 2009) 14 plates; 31 references                          Accepted: 22 Sep. 2009
The discovery of Megalota in the Neotropics, with a revision of the New World
species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutini)
JOHN W. BROWN (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2273: 59-68 (27 Oct. 2009) 5 plates; 30 references                          Accepted: 28 Sep. 2009
Phylogeny of the genera Euclidiodes and Hasodima (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
and description of two new species from the Fray Jorge relict forest in northern Chile
LUIS E. PARRA, ROMINA VILLAGRÁN-MELLA & PABLO A. MARQUET (Chile)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2272: 63-68 (23 Oct. 2009) 3 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 15 Sep. 2009
The genus Pyroderces Herrich-Schäffer new to China, with description of a new
species (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae)
ZHIWEI ZHANG & HOUHUN LI (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2272: 37-53 (23 Oct. 2009) 12 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 24 Sep. 2009
New species of Hyposmocoma (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae) from the remote
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands of Laysan, Necker, and Nihoa
PATRICK SCHMITZ & DANIEL RUBINOFF (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2268: 1-22 (20 Oct. 2009) 8 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 28 Sep. 2009
A review of the genus Stenoloba Staudinger, 1892 from China, with description
of 6 new species and 7 new records for China (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Bryophilinae)
H. L. HAN (P.R. China) & V. S. KONONENKO (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2263: 31-41 (13 Oct. 2009) 3 plates; 19 references                          Accepted: 28 Sep. 2009
A taxonomic study of Epipristis Meyrick, 1888 from China, with descriptions of
two new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae)
HONGXIANG, HAN (P.R. China), ANDRÉS, EXPÓSITO HERMOSA (Spain) & DAYONG, XUE (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2263: 1-22 (13 Oct. 2009) 11 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 17 Sep. 2009
Eastern Palaearctic Scythrididae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea): description of a
new genus and some new species
PIETRO PASSERIN D’ENTRÈVES & ANGELA ROGGERO (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2261: 1-22 (9 Oct. 2009) 3 plates; 71 references                          Accepted: 17 Sep. 2009
Annotated review and discussion of phylogenetically important characters for
families and subfamilies of Gelechioidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
SIBYL RAE BUCHELI (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2249: 44-50 (7 Oct. 2009) 4 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 23 Sep. 2009
Taxonomic study of the genus Teinoptila Sauber, 1902 from China
(Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)
QING JIN, SHUXIA WANG & HOUHUN LI (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2245: 1-31 (2 Oct. 2009) 4 plates; 34 references                          Accepted: 28 Aug. 2009
Synopsis of the Cochylini (Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Cochylini) of Iran, with the
description of a new species
HELEN ALIPANAH (Iran)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2239: 31-44 (24 Sep. 2009) 5 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 1 Aug. 2009
Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Oecophoridae I: the genus Promalactis
Meyrick
SHUXIA WANG (China), ROGER C. KENDRICK (Hong Kong) & PHILIP STERLING (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2239: 1-21 (24 Sep. 2009) 5 plates; 39 references                          Accepted: 22 Jul. 2009
Revision of the Australian Oenochroma vinaria Guenée, 1858 species-complex
(Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Oenochrominae): DNA barcoding reveals cryptic diversity and assesses status of type specimen without dissection
AXEL HAUSMANN (Germany), PAUL D.N. HEBERT (Canada), ANDREW MITCHELL (Australia),
RODOLPHE ROUGERIE (Canada), MANFRED SOMMERER (Germany), TED EDWARDS (Australia) & CATHERINE J. YOUNG (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2237: 1-33 (22 Sep. 2009) 6 plates; 32 references                          Accepted: 1 Sep. 2009
Taxonomic revision of Neotropical Dicepolia Snellen (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
JAMES E. HAYDEN (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2231: 40-46 (15 Sep. 2009) 1 plates; 21 references                          Accepted: 22 Jul. 2009
Experimental population genetics in insects:
inheritance of ISSR-PCR bands in an artificial population
ANNA K. HUNDSDOERFER & MICHAEL WINK (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2231: 1-39 (15 Sep. 2009) 0 plates; 51 references                          Accepted: 1 Sep. 2009
Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico
SANGMI LEE, RONALD W. HODGES & RICHARD L. BROWN (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2230: 16-28 (14 Sep. 2009) 8 plates; 21 references                          Accepted: 24 Aug. 2009
Notes on the genus Perittia of the West Palaearctic region with descriptions of
three new species (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae)
LAURI KAILA (Finland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2218: 1-34 (2 Sep. 2009) 43 plates; 50 references                           Accepted: 26 Jun. 2009
Cladistic analysis of the subfamily Arsenurinae (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae)
based on adult morphology
AMABÍLIO J. A. DE CAMARGO, OLAF H. H. MIELKE & MIRNA M. CASAGRANDE (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2208: 58-64 (25 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 18 Jul. 2009
Genus Lecithocera of Thailand. Part IV. Descriptions of three new species and
notes on a little known species (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae)
KYU-TEK PARK (Korea)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2202: 48-58 (19 Aug. 2009) 5 plates; 36 references                           Accepted: 14 Jul. 2009
Jinhaku Sonan’s skipper type collection deposited at Taiwan Agricultural
Research Institute (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
HIDEYUKI CHIBA (USA), YU-FENG HSU (Taiwan), HIROSHI TSUKIYAMA (Japan), PHILIP YIKFUI
LO (Hong Kong), CHIEN-REN CHEN (Taiwan) & SHOU-MING WANG (Taiwan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2202: 1-47 (19 Aug. 2009) 7 plates; 29 references                           Accepted: 25 Jul. 2009
A revision of the endemic Hawaiian genus Thyrocopa
(Lepidoptera: Xyloryctidae: Xyloryctinae)
MATTHEW J. MEDEIROS (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2197: 53-63 (13 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 41 references                           Accepted: 11 Jul. 2009
A new hidden species of the Cymothoe caenis-complex
(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from western Africa
ROBIN VAN VELZEN (the Netherlands), TORBEN B. LARSEN (Denmark) & FREEK T. BAKKER (the
Netherlands)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2197: 1-19 (13 Aug. 2009) 6 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 11 Jul. 2009
Variation of Stinga Evans, 1955, with description of a new species from Mexico
(Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Hesperiini)
ANDREW D. WARREN (USA) & GEORGE T. AUSTIN (Mexico)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2172: 1-31 (30 Jul. 2009) 15 plates; 69 references                           Accepted: 26 Jun. 2009
The Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) of Kenya
with descriptions of eight new species
VIRGINIJUS SRUOGA (Lithuania) & JURATE DE PRINS (Belgium)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2169: 1-20 (28 Jul. 2009) 6 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 14 Jul. 2009
Apaturinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from the Korean Peninsula:
Synonymic Lists and Keys to Tribes, Genera and Species
YOUNG JUNE LEE (USA)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2150: 1-78 (6 Jul. 2009) 19 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 26 May 2009
Systematics of Sparganothoides Lambert and Powell, 1986
(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini)
JAMES J. KRUSE & JERRY A. POWELL
(USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2134: 1-22 (17 Jun. 2009) 9 plates; 36 references                           Accepted: 29 Apr. 2009
Phylogeny of Dynastor and Brassolis butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae):
a tough nut to crack
IVONNE J. GARZÓN-ORDUÑA & CARLA M. PENZ (USA)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2117: 65-68 (25 May 2009) 1 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 4 May 2009
Rediscovery and redescription of Hystrichophora loricana (Grote)
(Tortricidae: Olethreutinae)
TODD M. GILLIGAN, TERRY HARRISON & LORAN D. GIBSON (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2117: 1-30 (25 May 2009) 11 plates; 47 references                           Accepted: 7 Apr. 2009
A new expanded revision of the European high mountain Sciadia tenebraria
species group (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
PETER HUEMER (Austria) & AXEL HAUSMANN (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2090: 40-56 (4 May 2009) 6 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 30 Mar. 2009
A review of the genus Gargela Walker in China, with descriptions of ten new
species (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Crambinae)
SHIMEI SONG, FUQIANG CHEN & CHUNSHENG WU (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2089: 10-18 (4 May 2009) 4 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 30 Mar. 2009
The genus Neopseustis (Lepidoptera: Neopseustidae) from China, with
description of one new species
LIUSHENG CHEN (P.R. China), MAMORU OWADA (Japan), MIN WANG (P.R. China) & YANG LONG
(P.R. China)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2087: 65-68 (1 May 2009) 2 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 4 Apr. 2009
A new species of Ptycholoma (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from South China
LIUSHENG CHEN (China), UTSUGI JINBO (Japan) & MIN WANG (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2087: 46-58 (1 May 2009) 6 plates; 31 references                           Accepted: 21 Mar. 2009
Rediscovery of Calisto israeli Torre, with nomenclatural notes on the larger
species of Cuban Calisto (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
RAYNER NÚÑEZ AGUILA (Cuba)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2062: 65-68 (3 Apr. 2009) 2 plates; 8 references                           Accepted: 13 Mar. 2009
Threatened butterflies: a new subspecies of Neptis manasa Moore, 1858 from
Hainan Island (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)
SONGYUN, LANG, DAYONG, XUE & HONGXIANG, HAN (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2062: 46-56 (3 Apr. 2009) 5 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 23 Feb. 2009
Revision of the genus Ennada Blanchard (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
LUIS E. PARRA & CARLA A. ALVEAR (Chile)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2062: 1-14 (3 Apr. 2009) 3 plates; 40 references                           Accepted: 17 Feb. 2009
Review of the genus Sorolopha Lower (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Olethreutinae)
from Mainland China, with descriptions of two new species
HAILI YU & HOUHUN LI (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2033: 13-25 (11 Mar. 2009) 4 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 23 Feb. 2009
A revision of Episothalma Swinhoe, 1893, with descriptions of two new species
and one new genus (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae)
DAYONG XUE, XUEJIAN WANG & HONGXIANG HAN (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2026: 1-17 (4 Mar. 2009) 8 plates; 5 references                             Accepted: 9 Dec. 2008
A review of Palaearctic Metachrostis Hübner, [1820] 1816 with description of
three new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Eublemminae)
V. S. KONONENKO & A. YU.
МАТОV (Russia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2026: 18-32 (4 Mar. 2009) 7 plates; 4 references                             Accepted: 11 Feb. 2009
Revision of Multiquaestia Karisch (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Grapholitini)
LEIF AARVIK (Norway) & TIMM KARISCH (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2014: 51-58 (18 Feb. 2009) 2 plates; 31 references                            Accepted: 19 Jan. 2009
A new species of Splendeuptychia from the Magdalena Valley in Colombia
(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
BLANCA HUERTAS (UK), CRISTÓBAL RÍOS M. (Colombia) & JEAN FRANÇOIS LE CROM (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1993: 53-60 (2 Feb. 2009) 3 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 9 Dec. 2008
Two new species of the subfamily Xyleninae from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
Vladimir Kononenko (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1991: 43-50 (30 Jan. 2009) 1 plates; 36 references                             Accepted: 4 Dec. 2008
Identity of Euploea orontobates Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae),
a milkweed butterfly from Thailand and Vietnam
A.L. MONASTYRSKII (Vietnam) & R.I. VANE-WRIGHT (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1989: 1-22 (27 Jan. 2009) 9 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 9 Dec. 2008
A revision of the genus Lophomilia Warren, 1913 with description of four new species from East Asia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae)
VLADIMIR KONONENKO (Russia) & GOTTFRIED BEHOUNEK (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1989: 23-38 (27 Jan. 2009) 6 plates; 38 references                             Accepted: 9 Dec. 2008
An unexpected hotspot of moth biodiversity in Chilean northern Patagonia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)
AXEL HAUSMANN (Germany) & LUIS E. PARRA (Chile)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1989: 39-54 (27 Jan. 2009) 9 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 15 Dec. 2008
Revision of the genus Hoplosauris Butler 1882 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
LUIS E. PARRA, MARÍA C. JIMÉNEZ-URRUTIA & CARLOS ZAMORA-MANZUR (Chile)

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Zootaxa 1989: 55-65 (27 Jan. 2009) 6 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 9 Dec. 2008
Revision of the genus Pyrochlora Warren, 1895 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae)
JAAN VIIDALEPP (Estonia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1985: 1-20 (21 Jan. 2009) 6 plates; 35 references                             Accepted: 1 Dec. 2008
The phylogeny of Opoptera butterflies, and an assessment of the systematic position of O. staudingeri (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)
CARLA M. PENZ (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1983: 45-53 (19 Jan. 2009) 5 plates; 23 references                             Accepted: 1 Dec. 2008
A new species of Antigius (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclini) from Taiwan
YU-FENG HSU (R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1974: 64-68 (9 Jan. 2009) 1 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 13 Nov. 2008
Taxonomic study on Scotiophyes Diakonoff from China, with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
XIN-PU WANG (P.R. China)

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2008

 Article 
Zootaxa 1944: 34-52 (28 Nov. 2008) 6 plates; 33 references                     Accepted: 1 Oct. 2008
Descriptions of two new species of Hemileucinae (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from the region of Muzo in Colombia—evidence from morphology
and DNA barcodes
THIBAUD DECAËNS (France) & RODOLPHE ROUGERIE (Canada)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1944: 66-68 (28 Nov. 2008) 1 plate; 10 references                    Accepted: 23 Oct. 2008
A new species of Choristoneura Lederer, with a key to the species from China
(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae)
XIN-PU WANG & GUI-JUN YANG (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1941: 1-24 (24 Nov. 2008) 5 plates; 17 references                         Accepted: 16 Nov. 2008
A review of the "browni group" of Penaincisalia with notes on their distribution and variability (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)
CARLOS PRIETO (Espana), ZSOLT BÁLINT (Hungary), PIERRE BOYER (France) & ESTEFANÍA MICÓ (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 1933: 12-18 (14 Nov. 2008) 2 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 30 Oct. 2008
A new genus and new species of metalmark moths (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae) from Costa Rica
JADRANKA ROTA (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1926: 27-40 (7 Nov. 2008) 6 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 9 Sept. 2008
Notes on the genus Celotes, with the description of a new species from Mexico (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Pyrginae: Pyrgini)
ANDREW D. WARREN (USA), STEPHEN R. STEINHAUSER (USA), CLAUDIA HERNÁNDEZ-MEJÍA (Mexico) & NICK V. GRISHIN (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1926: 68-68 (7 Nov. 2008) 0 plates; 2 references                         Accepted: 24 Oct. 2008
A replacement name for Faecula Fibiger, 2008 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Micronoctuidae)
MICHAEL FIBIGER (Denmark)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1923: 18-36 (5 Nov. 2008) 3 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 7 Oct. 2008
Morphology and DNA barcoding reveal three cryptic species within
the Xylophanes neoptolemus and loelia species-groups (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
THIERRY VAGLIA (France), JEAN HAXAIRE (France), IAN J. KITCHING (UK), ISABELLE MEUSNIER (Canada) & RODOLPHE ROUGERIE (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1922: 62-68 (3 Nov. 2008) 6 plates; 42 references                            Accepted: 25 Sept. 2008
Description of a new species of Lygephila Billberg, 1820 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae) from Russian Far East and North China
Michael Fibiger (Denmark), Vladimir s. Kononenko (Russia) & DaNny Nilsson (Denmark)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1910: 45-52 (20 Oct. 2008) 5 plates; 3 references                           Accepted: 7 Oct. 2008
Two new Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816 from China and Russia (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acronictinae)
VLADIMIR KONONENKO (Russia) & HUI-LIN HAN (China)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1903 1-95 (15 Oct. 2008) 21 plates; 10 references                             Accepted:18 Aug. 2008
A generic realignment of the Oncocnemidini sensu Hodges
(1983) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Oncocnemidinae), with description of a new genus and 50 new species
J. T. TROUBRIDGE (Canada)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1900: 1-109 (8 Sept. 2008) 24 plates; 1208 references                          Accepted:30 Jul. 2008
A checklist of the satyrine genus Erebia (Lepidoptera) (1758–2006)
W JOHN TENNENT (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1896: 31-44 (10 Oct. 2008) 5 plates; 42 references                              Accepted: 8 Sept. 2008
A new species of Neominois from northeastern Mexico (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
ANDREW D. WARREN (USA), GEORGE T. AUSTIN (USA), JORGE E. LLORENTE-BOUSQUETS (Mexico), ARMANDO LUIS-MARTÍNEZ (Mexico) & ISABEL VARGAS-FERNÁNDEZ (Mexico)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1891: 39-54 (3 Oct. 2008) 4 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 18 Aug. 2008
A revision of the subfamily Araeopteroninae Fibiger, 2005 in the Russian Far East and neighbouring countries with a description of four new species
(Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
Michael Fibiger (Denmark) & Vladimir Kononenko (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1890: 50-58 (1 Oct. 2008) 14 plates; 13 references                                 Accepted: 4 Aug. 2008
Revision of the Micronoctuidae species occurring in the Russian Far East and neighbouring countries with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)
MICHAEL FIBIGER (Denmark) & VLADIMIR S. KONONENKO (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1876: 19-28 (15 Sept. 2008) 6 plates; 41 references                              Accepted: 4 Aug. 2008
A new subgenus and three new species of catocaline noctuids from China
(Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Catocalinae)
VLADIMIR KONONENKO (Russia) & MICHAEL FIBIGER (Denmark)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1862: 1-74 (3 Sep. 2008) 25 plates; 101 references                            Accepted: 11 Mar. 2008
Characterisation of the Larvae of Australian Nacophorini
CATHERINE J. YOUNG (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1867: 1-136 (3 Sep. 2008) 28 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 30 Jun. 2008
Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae, and Parachrostiinae
MICHAEL FIBIGER (Denmark)
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Zootaxa 1858: 53-63 (27 Aug. 2008) 4 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 23 Jun. 2008
A study on the genus Glaucorhoe, with descriptions of two new species from China (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)
CHUNGUANG WU, HONGXIANG HAN & DAYONG XUE (China)

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Zootaxa 1848: 47-56 (13 Aug. 2008)  0 plates; 82 references                              Accepted: 23 Jul. 2008
Twelve new species-group replacement names and further nomenclatural notes on Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera)
GERARDO LAMAS (Peru)

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Zootaxa 1845: 47-59 (8 Aug. 2008) 6 plates; 31 references                              Accepted: 15 Jul. 2008
Life history and larval chaetotaxy of Ahmetia achaja (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Lycaeninae, Theclini, Cheritrina)
GREGORY R. BALLMER & DAVID M. WRIGHT (USA)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1842: 63-65 (4 Aug. 2008) 2 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 23 Jun. 2008
A new species of Platychasma (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) from China
LIUSHENG CHEN (P.R. China), YASUNORI KISHIDA (Japan) & MIN WANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1830: 57-62 (28 Jul. 2008) 1 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 18 Jun. 2008
A new species of flightless, jumping, alpine moth of the genus Thyrocopa from Hawaii (Lepidoptera: Xyloryctidae: Xyloryctinae)
MATTHEW J. MEDEIROS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1830: 63-68 (28 Jul. 2008) 3 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 23 Jun. 2008
A review of the genus Caissa Hering in China (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)
CHUNSHENG WU & CHENGLAI FANG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1821: 37-48 (11 Jul. 2008) 3 plates; 51 references                              Accepted: 16 Jun. 2008
Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Checklist of Pterophoridae, with description of one new species (Insecta, Lepidoptera)
Shulian hao, ROGER C. KENDRICK & HOUHUN LI (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1821: 49-58 (11 Jul. 2008) 4 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 16 Jun. 2008
Three new species of Hyposmocoma (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae) from the Hawaiian Islands, based on morphological and molecular evidence
PATRICK SCHMITZ & DANIEL RUBINOFF (USA)

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Zootaxa 1821: 59-66 (11 Jul. 2008) 4 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 10 Jun. 2008
Three new species of Elachista Treitschke (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae) from Nepal
VIRGINIJUS SRUOGA (Lithuania)

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Zootaxa 1821: 13-24 (11 Jul. 2008) 4 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 11 Jun. 2008
Seven new species and a checklist of the genus Thecobathra Meyrick from China (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)
Ximei Fan, Qing Jin & Houhun Li (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1819: 40-54 (9 Jul. 2008) 5 plates; 51 references                              Accepted: 23 Apr. 2008
Distinguishing between Leptidea sinapis and L. reali (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) using a morphometric approach: impact of measurement error on the discriminative characters
MICHELE FUMI (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1819: 1-24 (9 Jul. 2008) 8 plates; 69 references                              Accepted: 19 May 2008
Molecular and morphological evidence reveals three species within the California sister butterfly, Adelpha bredowii (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae) 
KATHLEEN L. PRUDIC, ANDREW D. WARREN & JORGE LLORENTE-BOUSQUETS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1818: 1-55 (7 Jul. 2008) 12 plates; 217 references                              Accepted: 10 Jun. 2008
Revision of Holarctic Teleiodini (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Sangmi Lee & Richard L. Brown (USA)

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Zootaxa 1806: 47-58 (20 Jun. 2008) 4 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 22 May 2008
A review of the genus Brassolis Fabricius in Colombia and Ecuador with description of two new taxa (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)
C. ROGER BRISTOW (UK)

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Zootaxa 1791: 1-52 (12 Jun. 2008) 58 plates; 29 references                              Accepted: 3 Apr. 2008
The Lasiocampidae of Iran (Lepidoptera)
VADIM V. ZOLOTUHIN (Russia) & REZA ZAHIRI (Iran)

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Zootaxa 1789: 1-56 (11 Jun. 2008) 0 plates; 39 references                              Accepted: 3 Apr. 2008
Checklist of the Geometridae of European Turkey, with new records (Lepidoptera)
ZUHAL OKYAR (Turkey) & VLADIMIR MIRONOV (Russia)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1767: 67-68 (12 May 2008) 2 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 6 Mar. 2008
Designation of Lectotype and synonymy for Euchloe lotta Beutenmuller
(Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
PAUL A. OPLER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1763: 1-37 (5 May 2008) 12 plates; 64 references                              Accepted: 2 Apr. 2008
The Heliothinae of Iran (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
ALEXEJ MATOV (Russia), REZA ZAHIRI (Iran) & JEREMY D. HOLLOWAY (UK)

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Zootaxa 1759: 51-68 (30 Apr. 2008) 6 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 18 Jan. 2008
A taxonomic review of Pachyodes GuenJe, 1858, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae)
HONGXIANG, HAN & DAYONG, XUE (China)

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Zootaxa 1755: 61-67 (24 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 29 Feb. 2008
The genus Pselnophorus Wallengren from Mainland China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
Shulian hao & HOUHUN LI (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1755: 47-56 (24 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 37 references                              Accepted: 10 Mar. 2008
The thorny subject of insular endemic taxonomy: morphometrics reveal no evidence of speciation between Coenonympha corinna and Coenonympha elbana butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
LEONARDO DAPPORTO & FRANCO STRUMIA (Italy)

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Zootaxa 1751: 35-45 (16 Apr. 2008) 1 plates; 31 references                              Accepted: 10 Mar. 2008
The butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) of the Catimbau National Park, Pernambuco, Brazil
CARLOS EDUARDO B. NOBRE, CLEMENS SCHLINDWEIN & OLAF H. MIELKE (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1746: 15-38 (11 Apr. 2008) 25 plates; 86 references                              Accepted: 6 Mar. 2008
Molecular systematics and biogeography of the genus Zizina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
MASAYA YAGO (Japan), NORIO HIRAI (Japan), MARIKO KONDO (Japan), TETSUO TANIKAWA (Japan), MINORU ISHII (Japan), MIN WANG (P.R. China), MARK WILLIAMS (South Africa) & REI UESHIMA (Japan)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1736: 1-141 (31 Mar. 2008) 53 plates; 165 references                           Accepted: 11 Aug. 2007
Characterisation of the Australian Nacophorini using adult morphology,
and phylogeny of the Geometridae based on morphological characters
CATHERINE J. YOUNG
(Australia)
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Zootaxa 1733: 45-56 (28 Mar. 2008) 4 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 25 Feb. 2008
A review of the genus Ephysteris Meyrick, 1908 from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
HOUHUN LI (P.R. China) & OLEKSIY BIDZILYA (Ukraine)

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 Erratum 
Zootaxa 1725: 67-68 (12 Mar. 2008)  
Erratum ( NIELS P. KRISTENSEN, MALCOLM J. SCOBLE & OLE KARSHOLT (2007) Lepidoptera phylogeny and systematics: the state of inventorying moth and butterfly diversity. Zootaxa, 1668, 699–747.
Zootaxa, 1668, 699-747.)
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Zootaxa 1725: 53-60 (12 Mar. 2008) 4 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 7 Feb. 2008
The genus Issikiopteryx (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae): Checklist and descriptions of new species
XIMEI FAN & HOUHUN LI (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1720: 46-56 (5 Mar. 2008) 4 plates; 4 references                              Accepted: 15 Nov. 2007
Notes on Ernocornutia Razowski, 1988 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini) with descriptions of seven new species from Ecuador
JOZEF RAZOWSKI & JANUSZ WOJTUSIAK (Poland)

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Zootaxa 1713: 53-68 (27 Feb. 2008) 5 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 4 Feb. 2008
Asuroides, a new genus of lithosiine moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae)
ANTONIO DURANTE (Italy)

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Zootaxa 1696: 1-24 (1 Feb. 2008) 10 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 8 Jan. 2008
A taxonomic review of the genus Frisilia Walker (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae), with description of two new species
KYU-TEK PARK (Korea), CHUNSENG WU (P.R. China), ANDRAS KUN (Hungary) & JAE-CHEON SOHN (USA)

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Zootaxa 1692: 55-68 (29 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 31 references                              Accepted: 18 Dec. 2007
Review of the Chinese species of Eupoecilia Stephens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Cochylini)
XU ZHANG & HOUHUN LI (China)

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Zootaxa 1688: 61-65 (23 Jan. 2008) 3 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 12 Dec. 2007
A new species and two new combinations in the genus Fibuloides Kuznetsov
(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini) from Thailand
NANTASAK PINKAEW (Thailand)
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Zootaxa 1681: 51-61 (16 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 26 Nov. 2007
A review of Tylostega Meyrick from Mainland China (Lepidoptera, Crambidae,
Spilomelinae), with descriptions of four new species
XICUI DU & HOUHUN LI (China)
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Zootaxa 1677: 1-23 (11 Jan. 2008) 0 plates; 30 references                                   Accepted: 6 Dec. 2007
Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada
B. CHRISTIAN SCHMIDT  (Canada) & PAUL A. OPLER (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1670: 1-109 (21 Dec. 2007)  43 plates; 46 references                            Accepted: 1 Aug. 2007
Phylogenetic relationships, systematics, and biology of the species of Amorbia Clemens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini)
EUGENIE PHILLIPS-RODRIGUEZ (Costa Rica) & JERRY A. POWELL (USA)
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Zootaxa 1668: 699-747 (21 Dec. 2007) 9 plates; 163 references                          Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
Lepidoptera phylogeny and systematics: the state of inventorying moth and butterfly diversity
Niels P.Kristensen (Denmark), Malcolm J. Scoble (UK) & Ole Karsholt (Denmark)
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Zootaxa 1660: 61-68 (14 Dec. 2007)  4 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 2 Nov. 2007
A new species of Penaincisalia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) from the high Andes of Colombia
CARLOS PRIETO (Spain) & GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ (Colombia)

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Zootaxa 1660: 33-43 (14 Dec. 2007)  2 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 11 Nov. 2007
Descriptions of four new Mexican riodinids (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)
CURTIS J. CALLAGHAN (Colombia), JORGE LLORENTE-BOUSQUETS (Mexico) & ARMANDO LUIS-MARTINEZ (Mexico)

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Zootaxa 1652: 27-40 (3 Dec. 2007)  5 plates; 45 references                            Accepted: 1 Nov. 2007
A new butterfly species from the Colombian Andes and a review of the taxonomy of the genera Idioneurula Strand, 1932 and Tamania Pyrcz, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
BLANCA HUERTAS (UK) & JOHN JAIRO ARIAS (Colombia)

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Zootaxa 1645: 35-45 (23 Nov. 2007)  6 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 17 Oct. 2007
The first record of Tischeriidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Madagascar, with description of Coptotriche alavelona sp. n. and an updated distributional checklist of Afrotropical Tischeriidae
DAVID C. LEES (UK) & JONAS R. STONIS (Lithuania)

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Zootaxa 1637: 1-19 (14 Nov. 2007)  9 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 31 Aug. 2007
Revision of the Genus Psectrotarsia Dognin, 1907 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
MICHAEL G. POGUE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1637: 37-46 (14 Nov. 2007)  6 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 15 Oct. 2007
Taxonomic notes on the genus Tineovertex Moriuti (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Tineidae) with description of a new species
GUO-HUA HUANG (China), TOSHIYA HIROWATARI (Japan) & MIN WANG (China)
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Zootaxa 1629: 1-25 (2 Nov. 2007)  16 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 29 Sep. 2007
A taxonomic revision of the Elachista bedellella (Sircom) complex (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae)
LAURI KAILA (Finland)

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Zootaxa 1610: 41-52 (8 Oct. 2007)  10 plates; 44 references                            Accepted: 27 Aug. 2007
Taxonomic notes and new records of the genus Sphingonaepiopsis Wallengren, 1858 (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in Iran
IAN J. KITCHING (UK) & REZA ZAHIRI (Iran)

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Zootaxa 1606: 59-68 (3 Oct. 2007)  4 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 31 Aug. 2007
A systematic study of the genus Matsumuraeses Issiki from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae)
JINMEI LV & HOUHUN LI (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1584: 55-68 (14 Sep. 2007)  21 plates; 36 references                            Accepted: 27 Jul. 2007
Taxonomic changes in the emerald moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Geometrinae) of East Asia, with notes on the systematics and phylogeny of Hemitheini
EUGENE A. BELJAEV (Russia)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1567: 1-116 (31 Aug. 2007) 27 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 26 Jul. 2007
Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 1, Taxonomy of the Pollexinae
MICHAEL FIBIGER
(Denmark)
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Zootaxa 1547: 51-57 (13 Aug. 2007) 3 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 6 Jul. 2007
Review of the genus Synochoneura Obraztsov, with the description of a new species from China (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
XINPU WANG & HOUHUN LI (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1533: 41-52 (26 Jul. 2007) 4 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
Four new symmachiine taxa from the eastern Andes of Peru and Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)
JASON P. W. HALL (USA) & GERARDO LAMAS (Peru)

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Zootaxa 1516: 49-60 (28 Jun. 2007) 13 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 22 May 2007
Three new species of Eupithecia Curtis from Arizona and New Mexico with discussion of associated species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini)
CLIFFORD D. FERRIS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1510: 57-62 (18 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 24 Apr. 2007
The genus Idmon de Niceville (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from China, with description of two new species
XIAOLING FAN, MIN WANG & LING ZENG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1503: 13-19 (11 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 4 May 2007
Description of a new species of the Central Palaearctic genus Margelana Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from northeastern Iran
MICHAEL FIBIGER (Denmark), REZA ZAHIRI (Iran) & VLADIMIR S. KONONENKO (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1469: 1-42 (10 May 2007) 22 plates; 38 references                             Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
An illustrated annotated check-list of the species of Catasticta (s.l.) Butler (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) of Venezuela
MAURIZIO Bollino (Italy) & MAURO Costa (Venezuela)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1465: 55-64 (3 May 2007) 4 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 27 Mar. 2007
A review of the Torodora manoconta species-group (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae), with descriptions of three new species
KYU-TEK PARK (Korea)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1449: 57-64 (16 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 7 Mar. 2007
Review of Homaloxestis Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) of the Philippine Islands, with descriptions of two new species
KYU-TEK PARK & BONG-KYU BYUN
(Korea)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1437: 55-60 (2 Apr. 2007) 2 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
Two new species and a new record of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) from Korea
MARGARITA PONOMARENKO (Russia) & KYU-TEK PARK (R. Korea)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1415: 35-42 (5 Mar. 2007) 3 plates; 12 references                               Accepted: 8 Jan. 2007
Two new genera in the Nymphidiina (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini)
J.P.W. HALL (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1405: 39-49 (8 Feb. 2007)  3 plates; 13 references                                 Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
Taxonomic review of the Grammia nevadensis species group (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) with descriptions of` two new species
D.C. FERGUSON (USA) & B.C. SCHMIDT (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1390: 51-57 (11 Jan. 2007)  5 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 21 Nov. 2006
Discovery of two new species of Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) from Vietnam
B.-K. BYUN & K.-T. PARK (R. Korea)
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2006

Zootaxa 1377: 27-31 (11 Dec. 2006) 2 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 10 Oct. 2006
Review of Egogepa Razowski, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
X.P. WANG & H.H. LI (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1371: 37-43 (4 Dec. 2006) 2 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 11 Oct. 2006
Apamea permixta, sp. n., from China ?the putative sister species of A. commixta (Butler) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Xyleninae: Apameini)
V. KONONENKO (Russia)

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Zootaxa 1369: 55-61 (30 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 7 Nov. 2006
Lopharcha moriutii, sp. nov. and Polylopha cassiicola Liu & Kawabe (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Chlidanotinae, Polyorthini) from Thailand and Hong Kong
Y. NASU (Japan)

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Zootaxa 1364: 65-66 (23 Nov. 2006)                                                                  Accepted: 20 Oct. 2006
Corrections to "A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas" published in Zootaxa, 1178 (2006)
W.J. TENNENT (UK)
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Zootaxa 1364: 51-57 (23 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 19 Oct. 2006
Descriptions of a new species of Idaea Treitschke and the female of Scopula vojnitsi Inoue (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae) from the Russian Far East
E.A. BELJAEV (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1354: 45-56 (9 Nov. 2006) 4 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 20 Oct. 2006
The Acentropinae and Musotiminae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
B. LANDRY (Switzerland) & L. ROQUE-ALBELO (UK)
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Zootaxa 1350: 33-43 (2 Nov. 2006)  6 plates; 8 references                         Accepted: 20 Sept. 2006
Redescription of the type specimens of the Elachista freyerella species-group (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae) from India and Sri Lanka
V. SRUOGA & A. DISKUS (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1338: 49-55  (19 Oct. 2006)   2 plates; 13 references                       Accepted: 6 Sept. 2006
A new species of Parastenolechia Kanazawa (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from Korea, with a check list of the genus
K.-T., PARK  (R. Korea) & M.G. PONOMARENKO (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1330: 51-58 (9 Oct. 2006)  3 plates; 7 references                       Accepted:  7 Sept. 2006
The genus Pedioxestis (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) from China, with descriptions of three new species
S.X. WANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1327: 63-68 (2 Oct. 2006)  4 plates; 8 references                      Accepted:  31 Aug. 2006
Notes on the genus Leucolopha (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Notodontidae) with description of a new species from China
L.S. CHEN & M.Wang (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1308: 63-68 (4 Sep. 2006)  2 plates; 4  references                             Accepted:  21 Aug. 2006
A review of the genus Euros Hy. Edwards (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Apameiini) with description of one new species
J. T. TROUBRIDGE (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1299: 1-33 (21 Aug. 2006)  24 references                                               Accepted:  21 Jul. 2006
Checklist of the Arctiidae (Lepidoptera: Insecta) of the continental United States and Canada
D. C. FERGUSON & P. A. OPLER (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1287: 1-294 (14 Aug. 2006) 143 plates; 63 references                              Accepted:  5 Jul. 2005
Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera)
CATHERINE J. YOUNG (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1284: 61-68 (11 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 2 references                               Accepted: 19 Jul. 2006
Three new species of Lithophane Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Xyleninae)
J. T. TROUBRIDGE (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1283: 25-36 (7 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 15 references                                  Accepted: 11 Jul. 2006
Nomenclatural validation of three North American species of Heliothinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and the adult description of Heliolonche joaquinensis Hardwick
M.G. POGUE (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1283: 37-45 (7 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 17 references                               Accepted:  11 Jul. 2006
A study of the genus Semnostola Diakonoff from China with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae)
Z. XU & S.X. WANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1278: 1-47 (3 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 12 references                               Accepted:  11 Jul. 2006
Taxonomy of southern California Erebidae and Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of twenty one new species
T. MUSTELIN (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa
1264: 1-147 (17 Jul. 2006) 40 plates; 200 references                           Accepted: 13 Oct. 2005
Molecular relationships of the Australian Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and implications for the phylogeny of the Geometridae from molecular and morphological data
C.J. YOUNG (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1255: 63-68 (10 Jul. 2006)  4 plates; 3 references                                Accepted: 23 Jun. 2006
Taxonomic note on Eupithecia cupressata Pearsall (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini)
C.D. FERRIS (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1245: 53-58 (26 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 23 May 2006
Lyonetiidae of Turkey with notes on their distribution and zoogeography (Lepidoptera)
S. SEVEN (Turkey) 
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Zootaxa 1244: 33-39 (26 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 10 references                               Accepted: 23 May 2006
A new species of Amphipoea Billberg, 1820, from northwestern Iran (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
R. ZAHIRI & M. FIBIGER (Iran) 
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Zootaxa 1236: 1-22 (19 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 18 Apr. 2006
A review of the genus Scirpophaga Treitschke, 1832 in China (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
F.Q. CHEN, S.M. SONG, C.S. WU (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1221: 29-39 (1 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 7 references                                                    28 Apr. 2006
Revision of Chlororithra Butler, 1889 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae)
HAN, H.X. , LI, H.M. & XUE, D.Y. (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1216: 1-114 (26 May 2006) 35 plates; 173 references                         Accepted: 14 Mar. 2006
The Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of mainland France and Corsica: an annotated catalogue (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea)
E. J. VAN NIEUKERKEN (The Netherlands), A. LASTU VKA  (Czech Republic) & Z. LA
STUVKA (Czech Republic) 
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Zootaxa 1215: 1-96 (26 May 2006) 60 plates; 23 references                          Accepted: 17 Mar. 2006
The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A.
M.G. POGUE (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1204: 53-59 (18 May 2006) 3 plates; 6 references                               Accepted: 14 Mar. 2006
Hispaniodirphia lemaireiana n. sp., a new saturniid from the Greater Antilles (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Hemileucinae)
R. ROUGERIE & D. HERBIN (France) 
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Zootaxa 1197: 45-54 (8 May 2006) 2 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 7 Apr. 2006
Macrocydia divergens, a new genus and species of Grapholitini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Central America
J.W. BROWN (USA) & J. BAIXERAS (Spain) 
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Zootaxa 1195: 1-29 (8 May 2006) 5 plates; 21 references                              Accepted: 24 Feb. 2006
The Cryptolechia Zeller (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) of China (III): Checklist and descriptions of new species
S.X. WANG (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1190: 1-50 (1 May 2006) 20 plates; 33 references                              Accepted: 18 Jan. 2006
Systematic position of Apodemia paucipuncta (Riodinidae), and a critical evaluation of the nymphidiine transtilla
C.M. PENZ & P.J. DEVRIES (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1188: 37-47 (28 Apr. 2006) 4 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 27 Mar. 2006
Alucitidae (Lepidoptera) of Korea: Description of a new species and records of two previously unrecorded species
B.-K. BYUN (P. Korea) 
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Zootaxa 1184: 57-68 (24 Apr. 2006) 4 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 24 Feb. 2006
Notes on Coleophora (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae) injurious to Lycium (Solanaceae), with descriptions of two new species from China
H.H. LI (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1178: 1-209 (21 Apr. 2006) 2 plates; 887 references                            Accepted: 17 Dec. 2005
A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas
W.J. TENNENT  (UK)
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Zootaxa 1170: 1-26 (10 Apr. 2006) 10 plates; 38 references                           Accepted: 11 Feb. 2006
DNA barcodes: Evaluating the potential of COI to diffentiate closely related species of Elachista (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae) from Australia
L. KAILA & G. STÅHLS (Finland)
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Zootaxa 1164: 35-50 (3 Apr. 2006) 8 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 15 Feb. 2006
Revision of the Scopula dubernardi species group: how many species? (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)
P. SIHVONEN (Finland) & D. STÜNING (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1163: 49-59 (30 Mar. 2006) 4 plates; 23 references                           Accepted: 19 Dec. 2005
Description of Genus Guaianaza for "Euptychia" pronophila (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with a description of the immature stages
A.V.L. FREITAS & C. PEñA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1161: 51-64 (30 Mar. 2006) 6 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 31 Jan. 2006
A new species of Coleophora (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae: Coleophorinae) from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
J.-F. LANDRY (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1159: 1-68 (27 Mar. 2006) 48 plates; 103 references                              Accepted: 5 Sept. 2005
Review of generic limits of the tiger moth genera Virbia Walker and Holomelina Herrich-Schäffer (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae) and their biogeography
J.M. ZASPEL & S.J. WELLER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1143: 1-218 (10 Mar. 2006) 102 references; 68 plates                        Accepted: 27 Sept. 2005
Types of Neotropical Pierinae in the collection of Department of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
S.P. ABADJIEV (Bulgaria)
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Zootaxa 1131: 59-68 (20 Feb. 2006) 5 plates; 4 references                                 Accepted: 4 Jan. 2006
Review of Ammatucha Turner with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)
Y.D. REN & H.H. LI (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1124: 55-68 (8 Feb. 2006) 5 plates; 50 references                              Accepted: 2 Dec. 2005
A new species of Phyllonorycter (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from Kenya discovered by using the sex attractant Z8-tetradecen-1-yl acetate
J. DE PRINS (Belgium) & R. MOZURAITIS (Sweden)
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2005

Zootaxa 1103: 17-26 (22 Dec. 2005) 3 plates; 19  references                                Accepted: 2 Nov. 2005
Description of a new species, records of five previously unrecorded species, and rediscovery of a lost species in the genus Ancylis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from China
B.-K. BYUN (R. Korea) & S.C. YAN (P. R. China)
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Zootaxa 1082: 57-64 (18 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 11 Oct. 2005
New species of Ceroprepes Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae), with a key to Chinese species
Y.L. DU, S.M. SONG & D. YANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1082: 29-35 (18 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 24 Jun. 2005
First record of the genus Rhopaltriplasia Diakonoff from China, with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae)
H.L. YU & H.H. LI (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1080: 1-16 (15 Nov. 2005) 5 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 27 Sept. 2005
Two new species of Neodactria Landry (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae) from the United States of America
B. LANDRY (Switzerland) & R. L. BROWN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1063: 1-31 (14 Oct. 2005) 16 plates; 63 references                             Accepted: 27 Aug. 2005
Immature stages of Calycopis caulonia (Hewitson, 1877) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini), with notes on rearing detritivorous hairstreaks on artificial diet
M. DUARTE (Brazil), R. K. ROBBINS (USA) & O. H. H. MIELKE (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1060: 37-50 (7 Oct. 2005) 3 plates; 38 references                             Accepted: 30 Jun. 2005
Checklist and new species of the Coleophora salicorniae group from China (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
H.H. LI (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1032: 1-28 (8 Aug. 2005) 21 plates, 10 references                               Accepted: 28 Jun. 2005
The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
M.G. POGUE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1025: 1-94 (29 Jul. 2005) 37 plates; 199 references                             Accepted: 7 May 2005
Phylogeny and classification of Callimorphini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae)
M.A. DaCosta & S.J. WELLER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1022: 1-35 (25 Jul. 2005) 8 plates; 17 references                               Accepted: 13 Jun. 2005
An annotated catalog of types of Neotropical Pierinae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
S.P. ABADJIEV  (Bulgaria)
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Zootaxa 943: 1-8 (18 Apr. 2005) 5 plates; 17 references                                 Accepted: 25 Feb. 2005
Scopula anfractata sp. n., a new geometrid moth from Yunnan, China (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)
P. SIHVONEN  (Finland)
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Zootaxa 898: 1-35 (14 Mar. 2005) 11 plates; 28 references                               Accepted: 18 Feb. 2005
Systematics of Schinia chrysellus (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia alencis (Harvey) with a description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
M.G. POGUE  & C.E. HARP (USA)
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Zootaxa 870: 1-16 (25 Feb. 2005) 3 plates; 15 references                                    Accepted: 8 Feb. 2005
Three new species of Tracholena Common, 1965 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Tortricinae: Schoenotenini) from New Caledonia associated with Araucariaceae
J.S. DUGDALE (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 858: 1-205 (16 Feb. 2005) 100 plates, 15 references                           Accepted: 16 Jan. 2005
Review of Glyphidocera Walsingham of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Glyphidoceridae)
D. ADAMSKI (USA)
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Zootaxa 849: 1-8. (4 Feb. 2005)  4 plates, 28 references                                  Accepted: 21 Jan. 2005
Description of a new species of Imara Houlbert, 1918 (Lepidoptera: Castniidae)
B. ESPINOZA  (Costa Rica) & J.M. GONZÁLEZ  (USA)
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Zootaxa 832: 1-16 (24 Jan. 2005) 1 plate, 61 references                                Accepted: 14 Jan. 2004
Provisional checklist of genera of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
M.F. BRABY (Australia)
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Zootaxa 806: 1-8 (10 Jan. 2005) 8 plates; 3 references                                 Accepted: 30 Dec. 2004
A new species of Eucosma Hübner from the Western United States (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Eucosmini)
C.D. FERRIS  (USA)
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Zootaxa 797: 1-20 (5 Jan. 2005) 5 plates, 24 references                                 Accepted: 3 Nov. 2004
Five new Penaincisalia species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) from the Andes of southern Ecuador and northern Peru
J.P.W. HALL (USA), K.R. WILLMOTT (UK) & R.C. BUSBY (USA)
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2004

Zootaxa 788: 1-4 (22 December 2004) 1 plate; 6 references                        Accepted: 11 Dec. 2004
A new species of Schinia Hübner from riparian habitats in the Grand Canyon (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
M.G. POGUE (USA)

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Zootaxa 762: 1-19 (10 December 2004) 1 plate; 69 references                          Accepted: 1 Dec. 2004
A synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad and Tobago
J.M. GONZÁLEZ (USA) & M.J.W. COCK (UK)
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Zootaxa 740: 1-42 (25 November 2004) 18 plates; 41 references                      Accepted: 11 Nov. 2004
Review of the Nearctic species of Bryotropha Heinemann (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
T. RUTTEN (Germany) & O. KARSHOLT
(Denmark)
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Zootaxa 738: 1-19 (22 November 2004) 22 plates; 6 references                       Accepted: 10 Nov. 2004
Taxonomic note on four poorly known Arizona Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini)
C.D. FERRIS (USA)

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Zootaxa 719: 1-10 (11 November 2004) 2 plates; 16 references                       Accepted: 1 Nov. 2004
Two new species of Actinote (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) from Southeastern Brazil
R.B. FRANCINI (Brazil), A.V.L. FREITAS (Brazil) & C. PENZ
(USA)
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Zootaxa 705: 1-8 (29 October 2004) 7 plates; 1 reference                            Accepted: 15 Oct. 2004
A new species of Passadenoides Neunzig from Wyoming and New Mexico (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)
C.D. FERRIS (USA)

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Zootaxa 701: 1-86 (27 October 2004) 39 plates; 22 references                         Accepted: 29 Sept. 2004
Twenty-five new species of Costa Rican Limacodidae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea)
M.E. EPSTEIN (USA) & J.F. CORRALES
(Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 605: 1-19 (13 August 2004) 3 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 3 Aug. 2004
Revisional notes on the "amastris" group of Catasticta Butler, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), with descriptions of new species and subspecies
GERARDO LAMAS (Peru) & MAURIZIO BOLLINO
(Italy)
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Zootaxa 574: 1-12 (16 July 2004)  3 plates; 23 references                                  Accepted: 9 July 2004
Argentine Argyrotaenia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): Synopsis and descriptions of two new species
P. TREMATERRA (Italy) & J.W. BROWN (USA)

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Zootaxa 569: 1-7 (16 July 2004)  6 plates; 3 references                                  Accepted: 8 July 2004
Taxonomic note on Sarata tephrella Ragonot (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)
C.D. FERRIS & J.S. NORDIN (USA)

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Zootaxa 539: 1-8 (18 June 2004)  4 plates, 8 references                               Accepted: 1 May 2004
A new species of Diaphania Hübner, 1818 from Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae)
R. VILA (USA), F. PIÑAS (Ecuador)
& J.A. CLAVIJO (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 522: 1-6 (24 May 2004)  2 plates, 13 references                             Accepted: 14 May 2004
New records and a new synonymy in Elachistidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from Far Eastern Russia
V. SRUOGA (Lithuania)

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Zootaxa 519: 1-12 (24 May 2004) 11 plates; 8 references                               Accepted: 2 May 2004
Description of Sphecosoma pattiannae, new species, with comments on its novel male androconia (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Euchromiini)
R.B. SIMMONS (USA)

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Zootaxa 510: 1-160 (14 May 2004)  29 references                                           Accepted: 26 April 2004
Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
J.W. BROWN, D. ADAMSKI, R.W. HODGES & S.M. BAHR, II
  (USA) 
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Zootaxa 473: 1-32 (25 March 2004) 1 2 plates; 22 references                        Accepted: 12 March 2004
A review of the Schinia tertia (Grote) species complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
M.G. POGUE  & C.E. HARP
(USA)
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Zootaxa 467: 1-9 (19 March 2004) 7 plates; 4 references                           Accepted: 15 March 2004
A new species of Nasusina Pearsall from Colorado (Lepidoptera:
Geometridae: Eupitheciini)
C.D. FERRIS (USA)
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2003

Zootaxa 382: 1-7 (12 December 2003) 3 plates; 1 reference                 Accepted: 5 November 2003
A new species of Schinia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae) from Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana
E. KNUDSON, C. BORDELON  & M.G. POGUE (USA)

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Zootaxa 303: 1-31 (19 September 2003) 9 plates; 29 references               Accepted: 26 August 2003
Description of Ptychocroca, a new genus from Chile and Argentina, with comments on the Bonagota Razowski group of genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini)
J.W. BROWN (USA) & J. RAZOWSKI (Poland)
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Zootaxa 294: 1-16 (12 September 2003) 7 plates; 17 references                  Accepted: 20 August 2003
Systematics of Schinia cupes (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia crotchii (Hy. Edwards) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
M.G. POGUE  & C.E. HARP  (USA)
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Zootaxa 260: 1-4 (7 August 2003) 3 plates, 1 5 references                           Accepted: 2 July 2003
Hadena ligata Möschler (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): distribution and revised taxonomy
T.L. MCCABE (USA)

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Zootaxa 247: 1-16 (25 July 2003) 6 plates; 23 references                               Accepted: 11 July 2003
Early stages of the enigmatic Prodidactis mystica (Meyrick) with comments on its new family assignment (Lepidoptera: Prodidactidae)
M. E. EPSTEIN & J. W. BROWN (USA)
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Zootaxa 226: 1-8 (30 June 2003) 3 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 20 June 2003
Revised status of Schinia unimacula Smith  including morphological comparisons with Schinia obliqua Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae) 
M.G. POGUE & C.E. HARP (USA)
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Zootaxa 225: 1-16 (30 June 2003) 8 plates; 21 references                              Accepted: 20 June 2003
Morphology and behaviour of the larva of Calindoea trifascialis (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae), a chemically-defended retreat-building caterpillar from Vietnam
D.C. DARLING  (Canada)
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Zootaxa 200: 1-94 (26 May 2003) 36 plates; 18 references                                Accepted: 1 May 2003
Systematic revision of Anopinella Powell (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini) and phylogenetic analysis of the Apolychrosis group of genera
J.W. BROWN & D. ADAMSKI (USA)

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2002

Zootaxa 108: 1-15 (26 November 2002)  5 plates; 4 references             Accepted: 13 November 2002
Brazilian Sesiidae in the collection of the Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany (Lepidoptera)
T.D. EICHLIN & S.A. KINNEE (USA)

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