Taxonomy and systematics of the enigmatic emerald moth Xenochlorodes graminaria (Kollar, 1850) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), and its assignment to a new genus bioone.org/journals/integ…

Feels good to have our paper on unresolved phylogeny of butterflies and moths finally published. Thanks to Victoria Twort Andrea Chiocchio Carlos Peña Christopher Wheat Niklas Wahlberg and Lauri Kaila. doi.org/10.1111/syen.1…

Haha, make it a wasp, scale for size, and you have Mike Gates

Check out our brand new study on latitudinal patterns of larval diet breadth in European geometrid moths. doi.org/10.1111/geb.13…

Our paper on mtDNA variation of butterflies introduced to North America is out. I find it fascinating that some haplotypes probably originated since introduction, a blink of an eye in evolutionary time. eje.cz/artkey/eje-202…

Eutrepsia vanilla n. sp. from southern Mexico published with my colleague Ivonne Garzón-Orduña. It's the only predominantly white member of the genus and (I think) bears a strong resemblance to the butterfly Dynamine agacles.

Fresh from the press in Integrative Systematics: “An online taxonomic facility of Geometridae (Lepidoptera), with an overview of global species richness and systematics”, presenting the brand new web resource of Forum Herbulot bioone.org/journals/integ…

The new website of Forum Herbulot, including ONLINE TAXONOMIC FACILITY OF GEOMETRIDAE lunched just today: geometroidea.smns-bw.org The related paper published in Integrative Systematics: doi.org/10.18476/2022.…

My "Insistent Curator" 😊

Right or wrong, when elevating an infraspecific taxon to species, what is your preferred language. Example: "Taxon A represents a [???] species."

Pull a Scranci leg! Congrats Ryan et al!

Three newly described species of the Neotropical genus Achagua - a rarely encountered geometrid moth #Lepidoptera #Geometridae #newspecies doi.org/10.11646/zoota…

Our latest newsletter is out! Read and share! Season's Greetings 2023 - mailchi.mp/febf5f906689/s…

Exciting news! 16 new Mexican #Geometridae in the genus Stamnodes European Journal of Taxonomy Dive into Mexican #biodiversity and #biogeography ! 🦋🔬 #NewSpecies #Biodiversidad #Lepidoptera europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/…

Just realized that an article was published last week on the new species of moth my students worked on naming! kansas.com/news/state/art…

Stunning work by @ryan_stlaurent et al! doi.org/10.1080/002229… 4/4 on new Cerurinae life histories from eggs...in a part of the world with desperate need for this type of research!

While playing in the garden, my 2-yr old daughter came across a rolly-polly and, intrigued, decided to taste it. When her mother asked in shock, 'Did you just eat that?!' She calmly replied, 'Yeeees, it's... SPICY! So now you know...

"ACG is a success story, a powerful example of what can happen when humans help forests heal." ACG #reforestation #restoration #biodiversity #CostaRica They turned cattle ranches into tropical forest — then climate change hit theverge.com/24137380/fores… via @Verge