Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae)

• Published in: ZooKeys
• Main Authors: Crabo,Lars, Davis,Melanie, Hammond,Paul, Mustelin,Tomas, Shepard,Jon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2013
• Subjects: Canada; United States; Alaska; CO1; mitochondrial DNA; barcodes; Crowsnest; Ximena; Orca
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.264.4304; https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3664/

Several taxonomic issues in the moth families Erebidae and Noctuidae are addressed for Northwestern North America. Drasteria parallela Crabo & Mustelin and Cycnia oregonensis tristis Crabo in the Erebidae and Eudryas brevipennis bonneville Shepard & Crabo, Resapamea diluvius Crabo, Resapamea angelika Crabo, Resapamea mammuthus Crabo, Fishia nigrescens Hammond & Crabo, and Xestia perquiritata orca Crabo & Hammond in the Noctuidae are described as new. The following new synonyms are proposed: Chytolita petrealis Grote with Herminea morbidalis Guenée; Gortyna columbia Barnes & Benjamin and Gortyna ximena Barnes & Benjamin with Gortyna obliqua Harvey; and Hydroecia pallescens Smith with Hydroecia medialis Smith. The type locality of Gortyna intermedia Barnes & Benjamin is restricted to Lundbreck, Municipality of Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada.