title: 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).
abstract: Several taxonomic issues in the moth families Erebidae and Noctuidae are addressed for Northwestern North America. Drasteria parallelaCrabo & Mustelin andCycnia oregonensis tristisCrabo 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 orcaCrabo & 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.
authors.affiliation: Corresponding author. Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA; 724-14 St., Bellingham, Washington 98225-6302 USA.
authors.forename: Lars G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Crabo
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.lastname: Tomas Mustelin
authors.lastname: Jon Shepard
keywords: Alaska; CO1; Canada; United States; barcodes; mitochondrial DNA