Eighteen new butterfly photographs were added to the database from photographer Gerry Queener for the following species: Purplish Copper, Painted Lady, Silvery Blue, Hydaspe Fritillary, Blue Copper, Clodius Parnassian, Melissa Blue, Juba Skipper, Orange Sulphur, and Zerene Fritillary.
Seventy-six Missouri butterfly and moth records were added to the database. From contributor Amy Short: Euphydryas phaeton (Cape Girardeau County), Cyllopsis gemma (Cape Girardeau County), and Anthocharis midea (Cape Girardeau County); from Cory Cross: Spragueia dama (Pemiscot County); from Darlene Gjelvic: Citheronia regalis (St. Louis County); from Deborah Dunlap: Atalopedes campestris (Jackson County), Phoebis sennae (Jackson County), Colias eurytheme (Jackson County), Epargyreus clarus (Jackson County), and Halysidota tessellaris (Jackson County); from James Trager: Leptotes cassius (Franklin County); from Kathy Brady: Pyrgus communis (Howard County), Polygonia interrogationis (Howard County), and Polygonia interrogationis (Howard County); from Kent Fothergill: Helicoverpa zea (Boone County), Hypena scabra (Cape Girardeau County), Pseudoplusia includens (Cape Girardeau County), Pseudoplusia includens (New Madrid County), Rachiplusia ou (New Madrid County), Spodoptera frugiperda (New Madrid County), Anicla infecta (New Madrid County), Galgula partita (New Madrid County), Palthis asopialis (Pemiscot County), Mocis texana (Pemiscot County), Feltia jaculifera (Pemiscot County), Papaipema baptisiae (Pemiscot County), Thioptera nigrofimbria (Scott County), Pseudoplusia includens (Scott County), and Feltia jaculifera (Scott County); from Kevin Firth: Feltia jaculifera (Greene County), Synchlora aerata (Greene County), Junonia coenia (Greene County), Orgyia leucostigma (Greene County), Caenurgina erechtea (Greene County), Agnorisma bollii (Greene County), Agrotis gladiaria (Greene County), Hypena scabra (Greene County), Anicla infecta (Greene County), Agnorisma badinodis (Greene County), Agnorisma badinodis (Greene County), Mythimna unipuncta (Greene County), Phosphila miselioides (Taney County), and Fascista cercerisella (Taney County); from Pat Garner: Cupido comyntas (Lincoln County), Choephora fungorum (Lincoln County), and Parasa indetermina (Lincoln County); from Rhonda Herndon: Sphinx kalmiae (Ozark County), Eurytides marcellus (Ozark County), Scolecocampa liburna (Ozark County), Darapsa myron (Ozark County), Papilio glaucus (Ozark County), Dyspteris abortivaria (Ozark County), Drasteria pallescens (Ozark County), Galasa nigrinodis (Ozark County), Lithacodes fasciola (Ozark County), Arta statalis (Ozark County), Eudryas grata (Ozark County), Antheraea polyphemus (Ozark County), and Eusarca confusaria (Ozark County); from Steve Craig and Amy Short: Estigmene acrea (Barton County), Speyeria idalia (Barton County), Vanessa virginiensis (Christian County), Atalopedes campestris (Christian County), Polygonia progne (Christian County), Speyeria cybele (Greene County), Limenitis arthemis astyanax (Greene County), Polygonia comma (Greene County), Battus philenor (Greene County), Actias luna (Greene County), Satyrium titus (Stone County), Chlosyne nycteis (Stone County), Ancyloxypha numitor (Stone County), Asterocampa clyton (Stone County), Chlosyne nycteis (Stone County), Mellilla xanthometata (Stone County), and Enodia anthedon (Stone County). (MO-30 Dec09)
Two new photographs of the Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele subspecies leto) were added to the database from photographer Linda Vassallo.
A Cape May, New Jersey record of the Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) was added to the database from contributor William Gerber Jr. (NJ-30Oct09)
Two hundred and twenty Texas butterfly records were added to the database from contributor Anthony Hewetson for the following species: Abaeis nicippe, Adelpha eulalia, Amblyscirtes aenus, Amblyscirtes eos, Amblyscirtes nysa, Amblyscirtes vialis, Anaea andria, Anatrytone logan, Asterocampa celtis, Asterocampa clyton, Atalopedes campestris, Brephidium exile, Calephelis nemesis, Calpodes ethlius, Cercyonis pegala, Chlosyne fulvia, Chlosyne gorgone, Chlosyne lacinia, Colias eurytheme, Copaeodes aurantiaca, Copaeodes minima, Cupido comyntas, Danaus gilippus, Danaus plexippus, Echinargus isola, Epargyreus clarus, Erastria decrepitaria, Erynnis funeralis, Euphyes vestris, Euptoieta claudia, Hesperia uncas, Hesperia viridis, Hylephila phyleus, Junonia coenia, Kricogonia lyside, Leptotes marina, Lerodea eufala, Libytheana carinenta, Limenitis archippus, Megisto rubricata, Mestra amymone, Nathalis iole, Nymphalis antiopa, Papilio polyxenes, Phaeostrymon alcestis, Phoebis agarithe, Phoebis sennae, Pholisora catullus, Phyciodes graphica, Phyciodes phaon, Phyciodes picta, Phyciodes tharos, Pieris rapae, Plebejus lupini, Polygonia interrogationis, Pontia protodice, Satyrium titus, Staphylus hayhursti, Strymon melinus, Vanessa annabella, Vanessa atalanta, Vanessa cardui, Vanessa virginiensis, Wallengrenia otho, and Zerene cesonia. (TX-28Dec09)
Three hundred and thirty-two California butterfly records - mostly Anthocharis, Callophrys, Cercyonis, Erynnis, Euphilotes, Heliopetes, Hesperia, Junonia, Lerodea, Ochlodes, Panoquina, Pontia, and Speyeria species - were added to the database from contributors A. M. Shapiro, Anna Austin, B. Griffin, B. Smith, Bill Gendron, Bruce Walsh, C. Dammers, C. Hageman, C. Nice, C. Sekerman, Charles Rudkin, Charles Sexton, D. Walker, Dennis Murphy, Derham Giuliani, Don Meadows, Erich Walter, Fred T. Thorne, G. Forbes, G. Kareofelas, Gary Felton, George T. Austin, Gordon Marsh, Gordon Pratt, G. Ballmer, H. V. Reinhard, Harden B. Jones, J. De Benedictus, J. Emmel, R. Highton, J. Justice, R. Stanford, J. S. Kent, Jack Levy, James R. Mori, James Scott, Jim Brock, John DeBenedictus, John F. Emmel, John Garth, John Heyse, John Pasko, Keith Hughes, Ken Davenport, Kenneth Denton, L. Kerr, Larry Orsak, Leslie Smith, Linda Vassallo, M. Walton, Norman Nakanishi, Oakley Shields, Oliver & Combs, Oscar Sette, P. Spade, Paul Johnson II, Paul Opler, Paul Tuskes, Pete Spino, Philip McNally, R. Gardner, R. Rogers, Ralph Wells, Richard Priestaf, Robert F. Denno, Robert L. Langston, Ron Vanderhoff, Rudi Mattoni, Theodore Hower, Tom Dimock, W. D. Patterson, W. Knoshaug, Wheeler Expedition, and William Swisher. (CA-23Dec09)
Twenty-two new moth species were added to the database: Phaecasiophora confixana, Olethreutes connectus, Olethreutes astrologana, Catastega aceriella, Epinotia lindana, Archips dissitana, Aethes hoffmanana, Palpita arsaltealis, Crambus girardellus, Acrobasis kearfottella, Dioryctria zimmermani, Orthofidonia flavivenata, Epirrhoe alternata, Papaipema duplicata, Hydrelia condensata, Lithacodes fiskeanus, Adita chionanthi, Argyresthia freyella, Sparganothis albicaudana, Crambus multilinellus, Herpetogramma abdominalis, and Acronicta lepusculina. (Nov09)
A Berks County, Pennsylvania record of The Bad-wing was added to the database from contributor Karl Gardner. (kickback-PA-01Nov09)
The species account of the White-marked Tussock Moth was updated.
Two Minnesota moth records were added to the database: Hemileuca nevadensis (Hennepin County, Emily Tenczar & Marcie O'Connor) and Orgyia leucostigma (Aitkin County, Carl Greiner). (MN-22Dec09)