Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
The families Erebidae and Nolidae contain many taxa formerly placed in Noctuidae. The family Doidae contains two North American species formerly placed in Arctiidae.
One North American species,
Phryganidia californica, formerly placed in a separate family (Dioptidae) is now included in the subfamily Dioptinae within Notodontidae.
Numbers
Includes seven North American families, according to
All-Leps (or eight families, if Pantheinae is given family status [
Pantheidae], according to Kitching and Rawlins, 1999).
Remarks
The higher classification of the superfamily Noctuoidea is presently under study, and further changes are inevitable. BugGuide currently follows the classification shown at
All-Leps. Jean-Francois Landry and Don Lafontaine are curators of the list, with assistance from others named at the bottom of
this page.
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
links to pinned adult images of species in eastern and western Canada (The Moths of Canada, CBIF)
Contributed by
Robin McLeod on 28 February, 2006 - 6:52pm
Last updated 7 June, 2008 - 6:38pm
