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A New London County, Connecticut record of the Luna moth (Actias luna) was added to the database from submitter Natalie Lussier. (McGuinness-July2009)

Both Richia acclivis and Dichagyris acclivis were in the database. Richia acclivis is the outdated name, so sightings were moved to Dichagyris acclivis and Richia acclivis was deleted.

The scientific name of the Saddleback Caterpillar Moth was changed from Sibine stimulea to Acharia stimulea.

As of today, the database contains:
253,921 records
4,330 species
2,633 images

The spelling of Scoparia biplagiallis was changed to Scoparia biplagialis.

Three thousand, two hundred Missouri records from the Subfamily Arctiinae were added to the database. (MO-Arctiinae)

Twelve Texas moth records from 2007 were added to the database: Anacamptodes defectaria (Hardin County, David Henderson), Apoda biguttata (Hardin County, David Henderson), Atteva punctella (Williamson County, Elizabeth Moon), Erastria cruentaria (Hardin County, David Henderson), Macaria bisignata (Hardin County, David Henderson), Megalopyge opercularis (Hardin County, David Henderson), Orgyia definita (Hardin County, David Henderson), Panthea furcilla (Hardin County, David Henderson), Atteva punctella (Robertson County, Gary Spicer), Malacosoma americanum (Morris County, Gary Spicer), Malacosoma disstria (Ellis County, Gary Spicer), and Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Ellis County, Gary Spicer).

Six Tennessee moth records from 2007 were added to the database: Acontia aprica (Sumner County, Ken Oeser), Galgula partita (Chester County, Ken Childs), Pangrapta decoralis (Cumberland County, Stephen Stedman), Tarachidia candefacta (Putnam County, Stephen Stedman), Tarachidia erastrioides (Chester County, Ken Childs), and Thioptera nigrofimbria (Chester County, Ken Childs).

A new record of the Yellow-headed Cutworm Moth was added to the database from Zoe Strothkamp. (2007)

Three Howard County, Missouri moth records were added to the database from submitter Kathy Brady: Euchlaena pectinaria, Galgula partita, and Megalographa biloba. (2007)