Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III.

A total of 124 additions and corrections are listed and discussed for the check list of the Noctuoidea of North America north of Mexico published in 2010. Twenty-eight species are added to the list, 16 through new species descriptions, eight as a result of taxonomic splits, and four based on newly recorded species. Forty-eight species are deleted from the list, 41 through synonymy, and seven that were based on misidentifications. Twelve changes are corrections in the spelling of names, or changes in parentheses on dates of publication. Twenty-seven are changes in taxonomy of names where no species are added or deleted; eight changes involve the renumbering of existing species for better taxonomic arrangement. Within the text 2 stat. n., 10 stat. rev., 27 syn. n., 5 syn. rev., and 1 comb. n. are proposed for the first time.

Introduction

Continuing work on the taxonomy and systematics of New World has resulted in 124 additional changes to the check list of North American (Lafontaine and Schmidt 2010). These are in addition to the 115 changes made to the list in in 2011 (Lafontaine and Schmidt 2011) and 64 changes made in 2013 (Lafontaine and Schmidt 2013). The new total of species in North America north of Mexico is 3672 species.

Materials and methods

Repository abbreviations

Taxonomic changes are based on examination of material, especially type specimens, in the following collections:

AMNH

The American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA

ANSP

The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

BMNH

The Natural History Museum [statutorily: British Museum (Natural History)], London, UK

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

CUIC

Cornell University Insect Collection, Ithaca, New York, USA

MNHN

Muséum National d’ Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

TLSC

Texas Survey Collection, Houston, Texas, USA

JTTC

James T. Troubridge Collection, Hagarsville, Ontario, Canada

USNM

National Museum of Natural History [formerly, United States National Museum], Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Results

Corrections, additions, and changes (highlighted in bold)

p. 3 & p. 42 Subfamily [insert after Family before Subfamily ]

930098

930139

930142

930196

930217

930227.1

930314

930350

930358

930392

930402

930440

930445

930457

930581

930604

930605

930616

930631

930703

930710

930727

930907

930927

930982

931062

931111

931156

syn.

931253

931412

syn.

syn.

931496

931550

931564

931606

931642

931767

931773

931784

932036

syn.

932044

932054

932055

932223

932278

932284

932480

932483

932552

932634

932749.1

932756

syn.

932810

932928

932934

932938.1

933038

933049

933116

933117

933117.1

Notes

p. 3 & p. 42 Subfamily – Zahiri et al. (2013) showed through DNA sequence results that a number of subfamilies and genera formerly associated with the were basal lineages of the , including the subfamily . Recent molecular results by Zahiri and associates show a close relationship between Guenée and Grote. [Contributed by Reza Zahiri].