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2008

 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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
Zootaxa 1672: 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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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2007

 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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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. LASTUVKA (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