Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
One of seven North American families in the superfamily Noctuoidea (or eight families, if Pantheinae is given family status [
Pantheidae], according to Kitching and Rawlins, 1999).
Numbers
9 subfamilies of Notodontidae; 138 species in 43 genera in North America (
nearctica.com)
Print References
Kitching, I.J., and J.E. Rawlins. (The Noctuoidea, pp. 355-401 in Kristensen N.P. (editor). Lepidoptera: Moths and butterflies. Volume 1: Evolution, systematics and biogeography. Handbook of Zoology/Handbuch der Zoologie. Walter de Gruyter. Berlin/New York).
Internet References
pinned adult thumbnail images of 43 species occurring in western Canada (CBIF)
pinned adult thumbnail images of 54 species occurring in eastern Canada (CBIF)
classification of superfamily Noctuoidea, showing seven families (All-Leps)
