Leuconycta

Leuconycta Hampson, 1909

Leuconycta (Acronyctinae) Hampson, 1909; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 35; TS: Microcoelia diphteroides Guenée
Bryocodia Hampson, 1910; 476; TS: Jaspidea lepidula Grote
- = ; [NACL], 132; [POOLE]

Leuconycta diphteroides (Guenée, 1852)

Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Virginia, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas. See [maps]

Microcoelia diphteroides Guenée, 1852; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1): 34, Atlas (Noctuelites) pl. 3, f. 7; TL: New York
Microcoelia obliterata Grote, 1864; Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 3: 79
- = ; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 36; [NACL], #9065; [POOLE]

Leuconycta diphteroides; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 36, f. 8; [NACL], #9065; Neil, 1988, J. Lep. Soc. 42 (4): 288, f. 1-6, 13; [POOLE]; [NACL93], #2026

Leuconycta lepidula (Grote, 1874)

Leuconycta lepidula; [NACL], #9066; Neil, 1988, J. Lep. Soc. 42 (4): 289, 7, 12, 14; [POOLE]; [NACL93], #2027

L. l. avirida (Smith, 1906)

Bryophila avirida Smith, 1906; 10; TL: Manitoba, Cartwright
- = Leuconycta lepidula ; [POOLE]

Leuconycta vesta (Schaus, 1894)

Mexico. See [maps]

Microcoelia vesta Schaus, 1894; Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 21: 223; TL: Coatepec, Mexico

Leuconycta vesta; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 37, pl. 123, f. 26; [POOLE]

Microcoelia pictula Schaus, 1894; Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 21: 224; TL: Castro, Parana

References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BHL] The
Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[GALEPS] Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States
James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[ZOOKEYS]
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptéres. Tome Cinquiéme. Noctuélites. Tome 1 Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 5 (Noct. 1) : 1-407, Atlas (Noctuelites): pl. 1-24 (1858)
Grote, 1864
Descriptions of North American Lepidoptera, No. 3-5 Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. 3 : 73-92, : 322-327, : 521-535
Hampson, 1909
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 1-583, pl. 123-136
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
[NACL93]; Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010
Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico ZooKeys 40 : 1-239
Neil, 1988
Larvae of North American Leuconycta (Noctuidae) J. Lep. Soc. 42 (4): 285-290
[POOLE]; Poole, 1989
Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series) 118: Noctuidae Lepid. cat. (n.s.) 118:
[MNA26.1]; Poole, 1995
The Moths of America North of Mexico. Noctuoidae, Noctuidae (Part), Cuculliinae, Striinae, Psaphidinae Moths Am. N of Mexico 26.1 : 1-249
Schaus, 1894
New species of Noctuidae from tropical America Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 21 : 223-244