Catalogue of the Jacques Plante Noctuidae Collection II

Jacques Plante (1920-2003) achieved outstanding success as a song writer and as a noctuid specialist. At the time of its acquisition by the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève in 2000, J. Plante's collection of Noctuidae was the largest in private hands with respect to the Palaearctic and Oriental faunas. The Noctuinae and Hadeninae were treated in the first volume of the present series. The new taxa of the rest of the collection's subfamilies (Amphipyrinae, Psaphidinae, Cuculliinae, Oncocnemidinae, Acontiinae, Pantheinae, Dyopsinae, Raphiinae, Acronictinae, Bryophilinae, Heliothinae, Condicinae and Xyleninae) are documented here. These novelties are 20 new genera, 5 new subgenera, 128 new species, and 39 new subspecies. Surprisingly, a considerable part of these novelties was discovered in the “well-known” groups of Noctuidae and in “well-known” areas like Europe, or the Far East (e.g. the Russian Far East, Japan, Taiwan and Indochina). The new species and subspecies are illustrated as magnified colour images at 8 per plate on 80 plates, and 462 genitalia preparations are shown in black and white on 154 plates.

Taxonoic and nomenclatural summary: pdf

We believe this book will serve as a milestone in our understanding of the eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Noctuidae and will inspire future revisions of hitherto neglected Noctuidae groups. We hope that, as with Volume 1, this book will serve as a handbook for taxonomists, professional and amateur collectors, curators of institutional collections, and naturalists interested in the true biodiversity of the Eurasian fauna of the family Noctuidae.

Ronkay, L., Ronkay, G. & Landry, B. 2023. The Jacques Plante Noctuidae Collection. Part II. Amphipyrinae, Psaphidinae, Cuculliinae, Oncocnemidinae, Acontiinae, Pantheinae, Dyopsinae, Raphiinae, Acronictinae, Bryophilinae, Heliothinae, Condicinae & Xyleninae. New taxa. – Heterocera Press, Budapest. 445 pp. ISBN 978-615-5279-11-9.

The price of the book is, similarly to the Vartian Collection Catalogue, Vol. 1, 147 EUR including VAT, subscribers are subject to the usual 10% discount. For EU VAT registered subscribers the purchase is VAT-free. For the mailing and packaging of one copy we charge 19 EUR within the EU.