This special issue of ZooKeys is the sixth volume in the “Contributions” series, dedicated to disseminating systematics research on the Noctuoidea, Geometroidea, and other macro-moth groups. Previous volumes were published in May 2009 (volume I, ZooKeys 9), March 2010 (volume II, ZooKeys 39), November 2011 (volume III, ZooKeys 149), February 2013 (volume IV, ZooKeys 264) and June 2014 (volume V, ZooKeys 421) (see Schmidt and Lafontaine 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014). Authors interested in contributing to future “Contributions” volumes are encouraged to contact us.
In the current volume, eight authors contributed six manuscripts on North American taxa in the Erebidae and Noctuidae. In addition to 55 taxonomic changes, ten new taxa are described from North America, including six species of Doryodes from the eastern United States (Doryodes desoto Lafontaine & Sullivan, sp. n.; Doryodes okaloosa Sullivan & Lafontaine, sp. n.; Doryodes fusselli Sullivan & Lafontaine, sp. n.; Doryodes reineckei Sullivan & Lafontaine, sp. n.; Doryodes broui Lafontaine & Sullivan, sp. n.; and Doryodes latistriga Sullivan & Lafontaine, sp. n.), two species from the western United States (Ogdoconta margareta Crabo, sp. n. and Lacinipolia dimocki Schmidt, sp. n.), and two new genera (Paraseptis Mustelin & Crabo, gen. n. and Viridiseptis Mustelin & Crabo, gen. n.). All updates and corrections to the Check List of North American Noctuoidea (Lafontaine and Schmidt 2010) since the last update in 2013 are summarized.
Citation
Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (2015) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths VI. In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths VI. ZooKeys 527: 1–2. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.527.6803
References
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