A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeysAnnotated 40: 1–239 (2010) check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico 1 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 MONOGRAPH www.pensoftonline.net/zookeys Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico J. Donald Lafontaine1, B. Christian Schmidt2 1 Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes, Biodiversity Program, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6 2 Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes, K.W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6 Corresponding authors: J. Donald Lafontaine ([email protected]), B. Christian Schmidt (Chris. [email protected]) Academic editor: James K. Adams | Received 30 November 2009 | Accepted 14 February 2010 | Published 19 March 2010 Citation: Lafontaine JD, Schmidt BC (2010) Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 1–239. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 Abstract An annotated check list of the North American species of Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) is presented, consist- ing of 3693 species. One-hundred and sixty-six taxonomic changes are proposed, consisting of 13 species- group taxa accorded species status (stat. n. and stat. rev.), 2 revalidated genus-group taxa (stat. rev.), and 2 family-group taxa raised to subfamily. Sixty-nine species-group taxa are downgraded to junior synonyms or subspecies (stat. n., syn. rev., and syn. n.), and 6 genera relegated to synonymy. Sixty-seven new or revised generic combinations are proposed. No new taxa are described. Six non-native species now believed to be established in North America are documented for the fi rst time, namely Simplicia cornicalis (Fabricius, 1794), Nola cucullatella (Linnaeus, 1758), Tyta luctuosa ([Denis & Schiff ermüller], 1775), Oligia latruncula ([Denis & Schiff ermüller], 1775), Niphonyx segregata (Butler, 1878) and Hecatera dysodea ([Denis & Schiff ermüller], 1775). Th e check list is arranged according to species membership in higher-level taxa (family, subfamily, tribe, subtribe), based on the most recent working hypotheses of a comprehensive phylogenetic framework for the Noctuoidea. Keywords Canada, United States, Notodontidae, Doidae, Erebidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae, Nolidae, distribution, faunistics, non-native species, introduced species, alien species Copyright J.D. Lafontaine, B.C. Schmidt. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 2 J. Donald Lafontaine & B. Christian Schmidt / ZooKeys 40: 1–239 (2010) Table of Contents Introduction .........................................................................................................................6 Checklist (A “‡” indicates recently described taxa for which literature citations are given in the references section Superscript numbers refer to a note in the Notes section.) .......................10 Superfamily Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809 1 ............................................................................10 Family Doidae Donahue & Brown, 1987 ‡ 2 ................................................................10 Family Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 3 .........................................................................10 Subfamily Pygaerinae Duponchel, [1845] .............................................................10 Subfamily Notodontinae Stephens, 1829 ...............................................................10 Tribe Notodontini Stephens, 1829 ..................................................................10 Tribe Dicranurini Duponchel, [1845] .............................................................10 Subfamily Phalerinae Butler, 1886 .........................................................................11 Subfamily Dudusinae Matsumura, 1925 ................................................................11 Tribe Dudusini Matsumura, 1925 ...................................................................11 Subfamily Hemiceratinae Guenée, 1852 ................................................................11 Subfamily Heterocampinae Neumögen & Dyar, 1894 ..........................................11 Subfamily Nystaleinae Forbes, 1948 ......................................................................13 Subfamily Dioptinae Walker, 1862 ........................................................................13 Family Erebidae Leach, [1815] .....................................................................................14 Subfamily Lymantriinae Hampson, [1893] 11 ........................................................14 Tribe Lymantriini Hampson, [1893] ...............................................................14 Tribe Orgyiini Wallengren, 1861 .....................................................................14 Tribe Leucomini Grote, 1895 ‡ 12 ...................................................................14 Subfamily Arctiinae Leach, [1815] 13 ......................................................................14 Tribe Lithosiini Billberg, 1820 14 .....................................................................14 Subtribe Acsalina Bendib & Minet, 1999 ‡ ..............................................14 Subtribe Eudesmiina Bendib & Minet, 1999 ‡ ........................................15 Subtribe Cisthenina Bendib & Minet, 1999 ‡ 14 ......................................15 Subtribe Lithosiina Billberg, 1820 ...........................................................16 Tribe Arctiini Leach, [1815] ............................................................................16 Subtribe Arctiina Leach, [1815] ...............................................................16 Subtribe Spilosomina Seitz, 1910 .............................................................18 Subtribe Callimorphina Walker, [1865] ...................................................19 Subtribe Pericopina Walker, [1865] ..........................................................19 Subtribe Phaegopterina Kirby, 1892 ........................................................19 Subtribe Ctenuchina W. Kirby, 1837 .......................................................21 Subtribe Euchromiina Butler, 1876 ..........................................................21 Subfamily Herminiinae Leach, [1815] 29 ................................................................22 Subfamily Pangraptinae Grote, 1882 47 .................................................................24 Subfamily Hypeninae Herrich-Schäff er, [1851] .....................................................25 Subfamily Rivulinae Grote, 1895 55 .......................................................................25 Subfamily Scoliopteryginae Herrich-Schäff er, [1852] 57 .........................................26 Tribe Scoliopterygini Herrich-Schäff er, [1852] 58 ............................................26 Tribe Anomini Grote, 1882 59 ........................................................................26 Subfamily Calpinae Boisduval, 1840 62 ..................................................................26 Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico 3 Tribe Calpini Boisduval, 1840 63 ....................................................................26 Tribe Ophiderini Guenée, 1852 ......................................................................26 Subfamily Hypocalinae Guenée, 1852 71 ................................................................26 Subfamily Scolecocampinae Grote, 1883 73 ...........................................................27 Subfamily Hypenodinae Forbes, 1954 80 ................................................................27 Subfamily Boletobiinae Guenée, [1858] 81 .............................................................28 Subfamily Aventiinae Tutt, 1896 86 ........................................................................28 Subfamily Eublemminae Forbes, 1954 88 ...............................................................28 Subfamily Phytometrinae Hampson, 1913 90 ........................................................29 Subfamily Anobinae Holloway, 2005 ‡ 101 ..............................................................30 Subfamily Erebinae Leach, [1815] 103 .....................................................................30 Tribe Toxocampini Guenée, 1852 104 ..............................................................30 Tribe Th ermesiini Guenée, 1852 107 ................................................................30 Tribe Catocalini Boisduval, [1828] 109 .............................................................30 Tribe Melipotini Grote, 1895 122 .....................................................................34 Tribe Euclidiini Guenée, 1852 130 ....................................................................36 Tribe Poaphilini Guenée, 1852 130 ...................................................................36 Tribe Ophiusini Guenée, 1837 137 ...................................................................37 Subfamily Eulepidotinae Grote, 1985 154 ...............................................................39 Tribe Eulepidotini Grote, 1985 .......................................................................39