A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 535: 1–1136Annotated (2015) check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico 1 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086 CHECKLIST http://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico Brian G. Scholtens1, M. Alma Solis2 1 BGS, Biology Department, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA 29424 2 MAS, Systematic Ento- mology Laboratory, USDA, National Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 168, Washington, DC USA 20013-7012 Corresponding author: Brian G. Scholtens (
[email protected]) Academic editor: Matthias Nuss | Received 16 June 2015 | Accepted 14 October 2015 | Published 13 November 2015 http://zoobank.org/CE652AF8-014F-41A4-99E7-8F8BF1C6B0A4 Citation: Scholtens BG, Solis AM (2015) Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086 Abstract An annotated check list of Pyraloidea of North America north of Mexico is presented, including 861 Crambidae and 681 Pyralidae with 1542 total species. It includes all new species described, tropical species with new records in the United States, and species introduced from Europe and Asia since 1983. The Notes section provides the seminal citations, data and/or commentary to all changes since 1983 for easy and future reference. In addition, this list proposes seven new generic combinations, the transfer of a phycitine species, Salebria nigricans (Hulst), to Epipaschiinae and its syn. n. with Pococera fuscolotella (Ragonot), and three new records for the United States. Purposefully, no new taxa are described here, but we found a gradual increase of 10% in the number of species described since 1983.