prev	next	Scientific names	Finnish names	English names
All	Omphalophana	Oncocnemis	Sympistis	(sympistis)	(sympistis)
	Calophasia	Amphipyra	Sympistis	(sympistis)
Photo	Calophasia	Xylocampa			(sympistis)
Goto:

Sympistis Hübner, 1823

Funepistis Beck, 1991; Atalanta 22 (2/4): 217, TS: Noctua funebris Hübner
Sympistis (Oncocnemidini) ; [NACL, 147]

Sympistis funebris (Hübner, 1809)

NEU, Alps. See [About maps] Synkkä nopsayökkönen
Noctua funebris Hübner, 1809

= Sympistis funesta ; [NACL, #10162]

Noctua funesta Paykull, 1793; Skr. Naturh.-Selsk. Kiøbenhavn 2 (2): 100, pl. 2, f. 3 (preocc. Noctua funesta Esper)
Sympistis funebris [NORLEP]
Sympistis funesta ; [NACL, #10162]

550x704 (~41Kb) FINLAND: Enl: Kilpisjärvi Saana, 6.7.1982, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen

500x295 (~21Kb) FINLAND: Lk: Muonio, 754:36, 7.7.1984, Markku Savela leg.

Larva on Betula nana, Vaccinium uliginosum

S. f. cocklei (Dyar, 1904)

Homohedena[sic] cocklei Dyar, 1904; Can. Ent. 36: 31, TL: British Columbia, Ainsworth
Sympistis funesta cocklei ; [NACL, #10162a]

Sympistis heliophila (Paykull, 1793)

NEU. See [About maps] Valkonopsayökkönen
Noctua heliophila Paykull, 1793
Phalaena (Noctua) leucoptera Esper, 1798; Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 2 (Abs. 2) (49-50): 32, (Abs. 1) (49-50): pl. 189, f. 3

= Sympistis melaleuca ; [NACL, #10156]

Noctua moesta Hübner, [1808]

= Sympistis melaleuca ; [NACL, #10156]

Anarta bicycla Packard, 1867

= Sympistis melaleuca ; [NACL, #10156]

Sympistis heliophila [ALBERTA]
Sympistis heliophila [NORLEP]
Sympistis melaleuca ; [NACL, #10156]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Noctua melaleuca; Thunberg, 1791

500x760 (~56Kb) FINLAND: Li: Utsjoki, 775:49, 15.7.1981, Le: Enontekiö, 765:26, 12.7.1981, Ks: Kuusamo, 735:60, 12.7.1983, Markku Savela leg.

Larva on Empetrum nigrum

Sympistis lapponica (Thunberg, 1791)

NEU. See [About maps] Jäkälänopsayökkönen
Anarta amissa Duponchel, 1836; (?Lefebvre, 1836)

= ; [NACL, #10157]

Anarta tenebricosa Möschler, 1877

= ; [NACL, #10157]

Sympistis lapponica [NORLEP]
Sympistis lapponica ; [NACL, #10157]

500x558 (~41Kb) FINLAND: Li: Utsjoki, 775:50, m 12.7.96, f 9.7.1983, Markku Savela leg.

Larva on Vaccinium myrtillus

Sympistis zetterstedtii (Staudinger, 1857)

NEU. See [About maps] Pörhönopsayökkönen
Anarta zetterstedtii Staudinger, 1857
Sympistis sibirica Alphéraky, 1895

= Sympistis zetterstedti ; [NACL, #10159]

Anarta nigrita Boisduval, 1840
Sympistis nigrita [NORLEP]
Sympistis zetterstedti ; [NACL, #10159]

500x534 (~35Kb) FINLAND: Enl: Kilpisjärvi, Saana, 20.7.1964, M.Saaristo leg., 10.7.1964, Kaj Savonius leg.

Larva on Dryas octopetala

S. z. labradoris (Staudinger, 1901)

Anarta zetterstedtii var. labradoris Staudinger, 1901
Sympistis zetterstedti labradoris ; [NACL, #10159a]

28.7.2009 (7)

References:

[ALBERTA]

University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection

[About 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.

[ESP]

Heppner, 1981; The dates of E. J. C. Esper's Die Schmetterlinge in Abblidungen... 1776-[1830]; Archives of Natural History (1981) 10 (2): 251-254

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[Pertti Pakkanen]

e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland

Some related literature:

Beck, 1991

Taxonomische Änderungen bei den Noctuinae, Cuculliinae und Plusiinae Atalanta 22 (2/4): 175-232

Dyar, 1904

New Noctuidae from British Columbia Can. Ent. 36: 29-33

Esper, 1798

Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil IV. Die Eulenphalenen Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 2 (Abs. 1) (48): 373-420, pl. 184-186 (Noct. 105-107) (1796) (Abs. 1) (49-50): 421-464, pl. 187-191 (Noct. 108-112) (1798) (Abs. 1) (51): 465-496, pl. [192],[193] (Noct. 113-114) ([1799-1803]) (Abs. 1) (52): 497-536, pl. 194-195 (Noct. 115-116) (1804) (Abs. 1) (53): 537-632, pl. 196 (Noct. 117) (1804) (Abs. 1) (54): 633-698, pl. 197-198 (Noct. 118-119) (1805) (Abs. 2) (49-50): 1-44 (1798) (Abs. 2) (51): 45-54 ([1799-1803]) (Abs. 2) (52): 55-62 (1804) (Abs. 2) (53): 63-85 (1805)

If you have corrections, comments or information to add into these pages, just send mail to Markku Savela
Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.