Good morning, Newbie question: what is the correct way to ask for a taxon to be added to the database? In this case, it’s Metzneria neli, a small moth from southern europe described in 2021. Thank you, J L Fabião

Hey, welcome to the forum! :) You should create a flag on the parent taxon, in this case, Genus Metzneria. You can do that here: [7D136FE4-1EFE-4495-B964-B5DE9D4D390A_1_201_a] Make sure to add a comment with a reliable source (like a paper, or a species database such as WoRMS for marine species …

Create a “Flag for curation” on the parent genus requesting an addition.

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