NOTE ON OCCURRENCE OF THE LARGE YELLOW UNDERWING MOTH, NOCTUA PRONUBA (LINNAEUS) (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE), IN NEWFOUNDLAND

• Published in: The Canadian Entomologist
• Main Author: Morris, Ray F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1987
• Subjects: Insect Science; Molecular Biology; Physiology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Structural Biology; Canada; Iceland; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent119403-4; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00045971

The large yellow underwing moth, Noctua pronuba (L.), was first recorded as occurring in Canada by Wright and Neil (1983), when a single specimen was taken at a porch light in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 7 July 1979. Since then the species has become prevalent throughout eastern Nova Scotia. In Newfoundland, this moth was first taken at Kilbride in 1984 in a light trap and in subsequent years it was caught in light traps at Goulds and Mt. Pearl (Table 1). A total of 17 moths have been taken in light traps to date, and all but one were males. In the Palearctic, N . pronuba (L.) has been reported from North Africa through western Europe to Finland and Iceland (Wright and Neil 1983).