Plusiini, Boisduval, 1828

Pohl, Greg, Anweiler, Gary, Schmidt, Christian & Kondla, Norbert, 2010, An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada, ZooKeys 38 (38), pp. 1-549 : 254-259

Plusiini

1727 R Diachrysia aereoides (Grote, 1864) M Jun – M Aug m b G T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Crumb (1956), Lafontaine and

Poole (1991), Pohl et al. (2004b) C: CNC, NFRC,

PMAE, UASM

1728 R Diachrysia balluca Geyer, 1832 M Jul – M Aug – B g T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: None C: CNC, UASM

1729 R Pseudeva purpurigera (Walker, 1858) E Jul – L Aug – b g T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C:

CNC, PMAE, UASM

1730 * R Pseudeva palligera (Grote, 1881) M Jul – E Sep M – g T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: None C: UASM

1731 * R H Polychrysia esmeralda (Oberthür, 1880) L Jun – M Aug M b g T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: [ Bowman (1951)], [ Crumb (1956)], Lafontaine

and Poole (1991), Pohl et al. (2004b) C: CNC,

NFRC, PMAE, UASM

1732 R Chrysanympha formosa (Grote, 1865) M Jul – M Aug – B – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Pohl et al. (2004b) C: CNC,

NFRC, PMAE, UASM

1733 R Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides (Guenée, 1852) L Jul – L Aug – B – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991),

Pohl et al. (2004b) C: CNC, NFRC, UASM

1734 * M Megalographa biloba (Stephens, 1830) M Aug – – G T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: None C: AGRL

1735 R Autographa rubidus Ottolengui, 1902 E Jun – E Jul m B – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991),

Pohl et al. (2004b) C: CNC, NFRC, UASM

1736 R Autographa sansoni Dod, 1910 E Jun – L Jul M b – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C:

CNC, NFRC, UASM

1737 R Autographa bimaculata (Stephens, 1830) E Jul – M Sep M B g T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991),

Pohl et al. (2004b) C: CNC, NFRC, PMAE,

UASM

1738 R Autographa mappa (Grote and Robinson, 1868) E Jun – M Jul M B g T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Crumb (1956), Lafontaine and

Poole (1991), Pohl et al. (2004b) C: CNC, NFRC,

PMAE, UASM

1739 R Autographa pseudogamma (Grote, 1875) M May – E Aug M b g T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C:

CNC, PMAE, UASM

1740 R Autographa californica (Speyer, 1875) L Apr – L Oct M B G T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Crumb (1956), Lafontaine and

Poole (1991) C: CNC, NFRC, PMAE, UASM

1741 R Autographa flagellum (Walker, [1858]) L Jun – L Aug m B – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C:

CNC, UASM

1742 R Autographa metallica (Grote, 1875) E Sep M – – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C: CNC, UASM

1743 R Autographa v-alba Ottolengui, 1902 M Aug M – – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C:

CNC, PMAE, UASM

1744 R Autographa ampla (Walker, [1858]) M Jun – M Sep M B g T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Crumb (1956), Prentice (1962),

Lafontaine and Poole (1991), Pohl et al. (2004b)

C: CNC, NFRC, UASM

1745 * R Anagrapha falcifera (Kirby, 1837) M May – L Sep M b G T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991) (2Br)

L: Bowman (1951), Crumb (1956), Lafontaine and

Poole (1991) C: CNC, NFRC, PMAE, UASM

1746 R Syngrapha octoscripta (Grote, 1874) M Jul – M Sep M B G T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991),

Pohl et al. (2004b) C: CNC, UASM

1747 R Syngrapha epigaea (Grote, 1875) M Jul – E Sep M B – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Prentice (1962), Lafontaine and

Poole (1991) C: CNC, NFRC, UASM

1748 * R Syngrapha selecta (Walker, [1858]) M Jul m B – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Prentice (1962), Hooper (1990b), Lafontaine and

Poole (1991) C: CNC, NFRC, UASM

1749 * R Syngrapha viridisigma (Grote, 1874) E Jul – E Sep M B g T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: [ Bowman (1951)], [ Prentice (1962)], Lafontaine

and Poole (1991), Pohl et al. (2004b) C: CNC,

NFRC, UASM

1750 R Syngrapha orophila Hampson, 1908 M Jul – L Jul M – – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Crumb (1956), Lafontaine and

Poole (1991) C: CNC, UASM

1751 * R Syngrapha borea (Aurivillius, 1890) M Jul – M Aug M b – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C:

CNC, NFRC, PMAE, UASM

1752 * R H Syngrapha diasema (Boisduval, 1828) E – L Jul M B – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991) L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C: CNC, UASM

1753 * R H Syngrapha interrogationis (Linnaeus, 1758) L Jul – E Sep M B – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991) L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C: CNC, UASM

1754 * R Syngrapha surena (Grote, 1882) L Jul M – – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991) L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C: UASM

1755 R Syngrapha alias (Ottolengui, 1902) L Jun – L Aug M B – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991) L: Bowman (1951), Prentice (1962), Lafontaine and Poole (1991), Pohl et al. (2004b) C: CNC, NFRC, PMAE, UASM

1756 R Syngrapha abstrusa Eichlin and Cunningham, 1978 M Jun – L Jun M – – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991) L: Hooper (1990b) C: CNC, UASM

1757 R Syngrapha rectangula (Kirby, 1837) M Jul – M Aug M B – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991) L: Bowman (1951), Prentice (1962), Lafontaine and Poole (1991), Pohl et al. (2004b) C: CNC, NFRC, UASM

1758 R Syngrapha angulidens (Smith, 1891) M Jul – L Aug M – – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991) L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C: CNC, UASM

1758.1 * P Syngrapha montana (Packard, 1869) ? – B g T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

1759 * R H Syngrapha microgamma (Hübner, 1823) L Jun – M Jul m B – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991) L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C: CNC, UASM

1760 * R Syngrapha alticola (Walker, [1858]) E Jul – E Aug M – – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991) L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C: CNC, UASM

1761 R H Syngrapha parilis (Hübner, [1809]) M Jul M – – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991)

L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C: CNC, UASM 1762 R Syngrapha ignea (Grote, 1863) M Jun – E Aug M B – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991) L: Bowman (1951), Crumb (1956), Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C: CNC, NFRC, PMAE, UASM 1763 * R H Plusia putnami Grote, 1873 L May – L Aug M B g T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991) L: Bowman (1951), Crumb (1956), Lafontaine and Poole (1991), Pohl et al. (2004b) C: CNC, NFRC, PMAE, UASM 1764 * R Plusia magnimacula Handfield and Handfield, 2006 M Jul – Sep M B – T: Handfield and Handfield (2006) L: Handfield and Handfield (2006) C: CNC, UASM 1764.1 * P Plusia contexta Grote, 1873 ? – B – T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991) 1765 R Plusia venusta Walker, 1865 L Jun – M Aug – B g T: Lafontaine and Poole (1991) L: Bowman (1951), Lafontaine and Poole (1991) C: CNC, PMAE, UASM

63.2. Eustrotiinae

Small to medium-sized (20–40 mm wingspan) moths with broad wings. Th e group is defined by wing vein characters (modifications to M 2) and larval characters (the larvae of most species retain setae SV 2 on the first abdominal segment). Th is is a complex grouping of moths, badly in need of revisionary and phylogenetic study. As presently defined, the group is probably paraphyletic and possibly polyphyletic in composition. Larvae of most species feed on plants.

Of the approximately 56 species occurring in North America, two species are known to occur in AB.

1766 R Deltote bellicula Hübner, 1818 E Jun – E Jul – B – T: Forbes (1954) L: Bowman (1951) C: CNC, UASM

1767 * R Protodeltote albidula (Guenée, 1852) L May – L Jul M B g T: Forbes (1954) L: Bowman (1951), Crumb (1956), Pohl et al. (2004b) C: CNC, PMAE, UASM

1767.1 * P Maliattha synochitis (Grote and Robinson, 1868) ? – – G T: Forbes (1954)

63.3. Acontiinae

Relatively small (15–30 mm wingspan) trifine noctuid moths. Many species are birddropping mimics, with predominately white, cream, or yellow wings. The subfamily is defined by structural characters of the scaphium, tympanum, and male genitalia of the adults, and also the number and placement of setae SV in the larvae ( Fibiger and Lafontaine 2005). The North American Acontiinae fauna consists of 87 species; six species in four genera occur in AB. Several of these are among the smallest noctuids in the province. Th e smaller species of Acontiinae have frequently been misplaced in collections as unidentified microlepidoptera. Th e group needs revision.