Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths IV

With the fifth installment of the “Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths” series, initiated in 2009 (Schmidt and Lafontaine 2009), systematics of taxa in the Geometridae, Notodontidae, Erebidae and Noctuidae are addressed. Geographic coverage is approximately equal between the Nearctic and Neotropic realms. Despite the relatively advanced taxonomic knowledge of the North American macro-moth fauna, surprising discoveries continue – one new genus and species of Noctuidae is described from eastern North America (Cherokeea Quinter & Sullivan, gen. n.; Cherookeea attakullakulla Sullivan & Quinter, sp. n.), and two genera and four species, also Noctuidae, from western North America (Chloronycta Schmidt & Anweiler, gen. n., Nudorthodes Lafontaine, Walsh & Ferris, gen. n., Nudorthodes molino Lafontaine, Walsh & Ferris, sp. n., Protorthodes ustulata Lafontaine, Walsh & Ferris, sp. n., Protorthodes texicana Lafontaine, sp. n., Protorthodes mexicana Lafontaine, sp. n.). Four new generic combinations are proposed: Chloronycta tybo (Barnes), Acronicta fallax (Herrich-Schäffer), comb. n., Nudorthodes texana (Smith, 1900), comb. n., and Nudorthodes variabilis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912), comb. n. Six previously recognized species are revised in status to subspecies: Raphia frater abrupta Grote, stat. n., Raphia frater coloradensis Putnam-Cramer, stat. rev., Raphia frater piazzi Hill, ZooKeys 421: 1–2 (2014)