Kyhl A. Austin, Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
Melissa Islam, PhD, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Kojun Kanda, PhD, USDA-APHIS-PPQ-S&T, Pest Identification Technology Lab (PITL), Identification Technology Program (ITP), Washington, DC
This website is created using Fact Sheet Manager 3, a content-management system, developed and maintained by Center for Integrated Pest Management, North Carolina State University (NCSU). Robin Boudwin, NCSU, contributed to the development of the site.
For questions about content, please contact Kyhl A. Austin (kaaustin@hawaii.edu).
For questions about access or functionality, please contact ITP (itp@usda.gov).
Noctuidae of Hawaiʻi was published by the Identification Technology Program (ITP), USDA-APHIS-PPQ Science and Technology, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
This work would not have been possible without the help of numerous individuals, which we attempt to list on this page. The efforts of everyone listed here are greatly appreciated. We apologize in advance if anyone who contributed to this project was omitted.
The following individuals and institutions assisted with, provided logistics for, or provided permits for field work: Ane Bakutis, Christopher Balzotti, Keahi Bustamente, Lance DeSilva, Kerri Fay, Deena Gary, Russell Kallstrom, Gael Kanakaokai, Cynthia King, Peter Landon, Sheri Mann, Janis Matsunaga, Joe and Kristen Souza, Jon Sprague, Mapuana O’Sullivan, Ryan Peralta, Adam Radford, David Tsuchiya, Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources, The Nature Conservancy, Oahu Army Natural Resources Program, Pulama Lanai, Haleakala National Park, and Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park.
We thank the following individuals for assistance during field work: Marci Brimhall, Emily Brines, Monroe Bryce, Keahi Bustamente, Ryan Caesar, Ryan Chang, Saxony Charlot, Kristen Coelho, Dan Cuthrell, Camiel Doorenweerd, Jesse Eiben, Kevin Faccenda, Conrad Gillett, Will Haines, Kalli Harshmann, Alyssa Kaneshiro, Caroline Kealoha, Cynthia King, Brittany Lawton, Luc Leblanc, Wynter Lim, Karl Magnacca, Jenna Masters, Steve Montgomery, Scott Nelson, Dan Nitta, Kurt Ongman, Zach Pezzillo, Spencer Pote, Andersonn Prestes, Kawaila Purdy, Adam Radford, Brad Reil, Dan Rubinoff, Mike San Jose, Sandra Schachat, Chonsa Schmidt, Patrick Schmitz, Melissa Simon, Malia Staab, Hubert Szczygiel, Forest and Kim Starr, Graham Talaber, Julien Ueda, Brendan Wang, and Jon Winchester.
The following individuals generously allowed us to use their photographs on this website: Yurika Alexander, Stephen Altic, Michelle Au, James Bailey, Michal Brzezinski, Jean-Paul Coat, Jack Cochran, Alan Dandie, Daniel Das, Carol Deane, Susan M. Deans, Paul Dennehy, Victor Engel, Kevin Faccenda, Dennis Farrell, Todd Gilligan, Janet Graham, Kamanisujee Gunasena, MJ Hatfield, Robert Hoare, Lauren Huntsmith, Sue Jaggar, Jeanette Jaskula, Kyle Kash, Jordan Landerman, Ilona Loser, Edwin Millard, Tom Murray, Andrew Parker, Steven Passoa, Zach Pezzillo, Slawomir Pietrzyk, Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, Thane Pratt, Dan Rubinoff, Benoît Segerer, George Smiley, Lin Sun Fong, Hubert Szczygiel, Brendan Wang, Chris Winks, and Joel Young. For information regarding their photos, including specimen details and permission to use them for your own non-commercial works, please contact them directly.
We thank the following reviewers for beta-testing and providing feedback on Noctuidae of Hawaiʻi: Megan Asche (USDA-APHIS-PPQ-FO), Paul Goldstein (USDA-ARS Systematic Entomology Lab), Tyler Ito (USDA-APHIS-PPQ-FO), Kevin Keegan (Carnegie Museum of Natural History), Christine Lynch (USDA-APHIS-PPQ), Jose I. Martinez (Florida Museum of Natural History), and James Young (USDA-APHIS-PPQ-PEIP National Identification Services).
This project was funded under United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) FY23-PPA7721 (Project 3.0308). It may not necessarily express APHIS’ views.
Author: Kyhl A. Austin
Content last updated May 2026
idtools.org
