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ZooKeys 149: 1–4, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.149.2383
Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths III
B. Christian Schmidt1, J. Donald Lafontaine2
1 Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, K.W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada K1A 0C6
2 Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes, Biodiversity Program, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, KW Neatby Bldg., C.E.F., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6

Corresponding author: B.C. Schmidt (Chris.Schmidt@inspection.gc.ca), J.D. Lafontaine (Don.Lafontaine@agr.gc.ca)

received 17 November 2011 | accepted 17 November 2011 | Published 24 November 2011


(C) 2011 B. Christian Schmidt. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.


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This special issue of ZooKeys, “Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths III” is the third volume in this series. The series was initiated in May 2009 (ZooKeys # 9), with the second volume published in March 2010 (ZooKeys # 39) (Schmidt and Lafontaine 2009, 2010). Fourteen authors contributed 13 manuscripts for this volume, covering taxa in the Noctuidae, Erebidae, Notodontidae, Geometridae and Crambidae. New taxa are described from Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru and United States. Taxonomic changes include the description of two new genera, eight new species, and a new subspecies. Also, 47 new or revised synonyms, six new or revised statuses, and 19 new or revised generic combinations are proposed herein.

Since its inception in 2009, the “Contributions” series collectively includes 37 taxonomic publications by 24 authors, containing 51 new species descriptions, 6 new genera, 119 new or revised synonymies, 22 new or revised statuses, and 143 new or revised generic combinations. Geographic coverage has focused on the North American fauna (Canada, United States and Mexico), but taxa from Central and South America are also covered. For reference, we include below the links to the two previous “Contributions …” in ZooKeys.

Authors interesting in contribution to future “Contributions …” are encouraged to contact us.

References
Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (2009) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths. ZooKeys 9: 1-134.
Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (2010) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 1-272.
Contents of previous volumes

For reference, we include below links to the two previous “Contributions …” in ZooKeys.

ZooKyes 9 (2009) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths

1 Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (2009) Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths. In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths. ZooKeys 9: 1–2. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.9.183

3 Sullivan JB (2009) A new species of Rivula Guenée (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from southeastern United States. In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths. ZooKeys 9: 3–10. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.9.185

11 Brou Jr VA, Lafontaine JD (2009) A new species of Lithophane Hbn. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae) from southeastern United States. In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths. ZooKeys 9: 11–20. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.9.158

21 Walsh B (2009) Lithophane leeae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae), a striking new species from southeastern Arizona. In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths. ZooKeys 9: 21–26. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.9.184

27 Ferris CD, Lafontaine JD (2009) Review of the Acontia areli group with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acontiinae). In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths. ZooKeys 9: 27–46. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.9.180

47 Metzler EH, Bustos D, Forbes GS (2009) The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA 1. Two new species of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuinae, Agrotini). In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths. ZooKeys 9: 47–62. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.9.182

63 Schmidt BC (2009) Revision of the “Aemilia” ambigua (Strecker) species-group (Noctuidae, Arctiinae). In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths. ZooKeys 9: 63–78. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.9.149

79 Schmidt BC, Macaulay D (2009) A new species of Dodia Dyar (Noctuidae, Arctiinae) from central Canada. In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths. ZooKeys 9: 79–88. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.9.150

89 Schmidt BC (2009) A new genus and two new species of arctiine tiger moth (Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) from Costa Rica. In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths. ZooKeys 9: 89–96. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.9.151

97 Anweiler GG (2009) Revision of the New World Panthea Hübner (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) with descriptions of 5 new species and 2 new subspecies. In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths. ZooKeys 9: 97–134. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.9.157

ZooKeys 39 (2010) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II

1 Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (2010) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 1–2. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.442

3 Lafontaine JD, Walsh JB (2010) A review of the subfamily Anobinae with the description of a new species of Baniana Walker from North and Central America (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Anobinae). In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 3–11. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.428

13 Hawks DC (2010) Review of the Catocala delilah species complex (Lepidoptera, Erebidae). In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 13–35. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.439

37 Gall LF, Hawks DC (2010) Systematics of moths in the genus Catocala (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) IV. Nomenclatorial stabilization of the Nearctic fauna, with a revised synonymic check list. In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 37–83. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.425

85 Sullivan JB (2010) A new genus and species for Dysgonia (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae) from Southeastern United States. In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 85–97. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.434

99 Schmidt BC (2010) Taxonomic reassessment of Zale lunifera (Hübner) (Erebidae, Erebinae). In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 99–106. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.431

107 Wagner DL, Binns S (2010) Larva and pupa of Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852) and affirmation of its taxonomic placement in Bagisarinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 107–116. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.435

117 Ferris CD, Lafontaine JD (2010) Review of the North American species of Marimatha Walker with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eustrotiinae) and the description of Pseudomarimatha flava (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Elaphriini), a new genus and species confused with Marimatha. In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 117–135. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.424

137 Lafontaine JD, Poole RW (2010) Review of the New World genera of the subfamily Acontiinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 137–160. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.427

161 Schmidt BC, Anweiler GG (2010) The North American species of Charadra Walker, with a revision of the Charadra pata (Druce) group (Noctuidae, Pantheinae) In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 161–181. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.432

183 Handfield L, Handfield D (2010) Cucullia umbratica (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a new European noctuid in North America. In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 183–186. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.426

187 Lafontaine JD, Walsh JB, Holland RW (2010) A revision of the genus Bryolymnia Hampson in North America with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Elaphriini). In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 187–204. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.437

205 Schmidt BC (2010) Review of the Nearctic species of Enargia Hübner, [1821] (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Xylenini). In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 205–223. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.429

225 Lafontaine JD, Ferris CD, Walsh JB (2010) A revision of the genus Hypotrix Guenée in North America with descriptions of four new species and a new genus (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Eriopygini) In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 225–253. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.438

255 Lafontaine JD, Troubridge JT (2010) Two new species of the Euxoa westermanni species-group from Canada (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae). In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 255–262. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.436

263 Sullivan JB (2010) New species of the Neotropical genus Campatonema Jones (Geometridae, Ennominae) with the first description of the female. In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths II. ZooKeys 39: 263–272. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.39.433