2025 SKL Annual Meeting
November 21-22, 2025
TENATIVE SCHEDULE
Friday, November 21, 2025
9:00-4:00 PM: University of Kentucky Insect Collection, Dimock Animal Pathology Building, building #76, 1081 Veterans Dr., Lexington, KY. A campus map can be found here: https://maps.uky.edu/campusmap/. The insect collection will be open for viewing. Members can bring specimens for identification or to share with others. This is a good time to interact with members and catch up on the collecting activities. Parking on campus is restricted on weekdays so make sure you don’t park in a lot that requires a pass. Parking for a small fee is available in the UK Health Care Garage, 110 Transcript Ave.
6:00 PM: Our traditional “Gathering of Lepidopterists” in the Weldon Suite of the E.S. Good Barn, building 0097, 1451 University Drive. Food and drinks will be provided, but members are welcome to bring additional dishes to share.
Saturday, November 22, 2025
9:00-12:00 PM: UK Insect Collection, Dimock Animal Pathology Building. A continuation of activities from Friday. The insect collection will be open for viewing.
10:00 AM: SKL Board Meeting.
1:00-2:00 PM: SKL Business meeting, Room N-12 Agricultural Science Center North, 1100 South Limestone. The business meeting is open to all SKL members.
2:00-3:00 PM: Keynote Speaker, Tony McBride. “The Intriguing History of Papaipema Taxonomy and a Glimpse into the Making of a MONA Fascicle”
3:00-5:00 PM: Contributed talks, award presentations, and door prize drawing.
James Adams “Unaka Mountain, Tennessee (and North Carolina): A mid-September 2025 trip and the Papaipema (and other) moths encountered”
Paul Dennehy “Fun with leaf miners”
Julian Dupuis “Describing species vs. subspecies”
ABSTRACTS
The Intriguing History of Papaipema Taxonomy and a Glimpse into the Making of a MONA Fascicle
Tony McBride
Abstract: TBD
Unaka Mountain, Tennessee (and North Carolina): A mid-September 2025 trip and the Papaipema (and other) moths encountered
James Adams
Abstract: In September 2024, John Hyatt and Lance Durden participated in a brief outing to Unaka Mountain in northeastern Tennessee and recorded some very nice moths, including Papaipema cerina and P. duplicatus. After hearing about this trip, I felt a need to make the same trip this year, and proceeded to get John to invite me to the area! Lance again joined us, along with Jeff Slotten, for three delightful nights of trapping. I'll be talking about the spectacular moths we collected, and some potential future trips to this amazing location!
Leafminers (Specific title TBD)
Paul Dennehy
Abstract: TBD
Describing species vs. subspecies? The most important consideration in the world, or inconsequential philosophical drivel?
Julian Dupuis
Abstract: In evaluating comprehensive genetic and ecological data from populations of Satyrium semiluna, my coauthors and I found ourselves in the predicament of knowing we were looking at some unique taxonomic entity new to science but arguing about whether to describe it as a new species or new subspecies. In this talk, I will take you through our arguments, logic (or lack thereof), and sticking points, and the decision that ended up winning the argument.
