Lafontaine, Donald, Ph.D.

• Research Publications
• Other Science Related Publications

Contact Information:

960 Carling Ave
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6
Telephone: 613-759-1791
Fax: 613-759-1927
Email: don.lafontaine@agr.gc.ca

Areas of Expertise:

• Quebec
• climbing cutworms
• arachnids and nematodes
• canadian national collection of insects
• moths of North America
• loopers
• euxoa cutworms
• butterfly and moth diversity
• cutworm moths (family noctuidae)
• taxonomy
• systematics
• evolution and biogeography of cutworms
• biogeography
• systematics
• phylogeny of lepidoptera
• cutworms of Ontario

Research Publications:

2013:

• Lafontaine, J.D. and Schmidt, B.C. (2013). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.", ZooKeys, 264(Spec. Issue), pp. 227-236. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.264.4443
• Lafontaine, J.D. and Schmidt, B.C. (2013). "Comments on differences in classification of the superfamily Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) between Eurasia and North America.", ZooKeys, 264(Spec. Issue), pp. 209-217. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.264.4441
• Lafontaine, J.D. and Schmidt, B.C. (2013). "Lepidoptera family-group names proposed by thaddeus William Harris in 1841.", ZooKeys, 264(Spec. Issue), pp. 219-226. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.264.4442
• Lafontaine, J.D. and Walsh, J.B. (2013). "A revision of the genus Ufeus Grote with the description of a new species from Arizona (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Xylenini, Ufeina).", ZooKeys, 264(Spec. Issue), pp. 193-207. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.264.3526
• Metzler, E.H., Knudson, E.C., Poole, R.W., Lafontaine, J.D., and Pogue, M.G. (2013). "A review of the genus Ogdoconta butler (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae,Condicinae,Condicini) from North America north of Mexico with descriptions of three new species.", ZooKeys, 264(Spec. Issue), pp. 165-191. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.264.4060

2012:

• Ferris, C.D., Kruse, J.J., Lafontaine, J.D., Philip, K.W., Schmidt, B.C., and Sikes, D.S. (2012). "A Checklist of the Moths of Alaska.", Zootaxa, 3571(2012), pp. 1-25.
• Zahiri, R., Holloway, J.D., Kitching, I.J., Lafontaine, J.D., Mutanen, M., and Wahlberg, N. (2012). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea).", Systematic Entomology, 37(1), pp. 102-124. doi : 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x

2011:

• Hall, P.W., Catling, P.M., and Lafontaine, J.D. (2011). "Insects at Risk in the Prairie Region.", in Floate, K.D. (ed.) - Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands. Vol. 2: Inhabitants of a Changing Landscape, Biological Survey of Canada (BSC), Chapter 13, pp. 323-349.
• Lafontaine, J.D. and Schmidt, B.C. (2011). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.", ZooKeys, 149, pp. 145-161. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.149.1805
• Lafontaine, J.D. and Sullivan, J.B. (2011). "New synonymies and combinations in Argyrostrotis Hübner (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Erebinae, Poaphilini) II.", ZooKeys, 149, pp. 107-116. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.149.2347
• Zahiri, R., Kitching, I.J., Lafontaine, J.D., Mutanen, M., Kaila, L., Holloway, J.D., and Wahlberg, N. (2011). "A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera).", Zoologica Scripta, 40(2), pp. 158-173. doi : 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2010.00459.x
• van Nieukerken, E.J., Kaila, L., Kitching, I.J., Kristensen, N.P., Lees, D.C., Minet, J., Mitter, C., Mutanen, M., Regier, J.C., Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Yen, S.-H., Zahiri, R., Adamski, D., Baixeras, J., Bartsch, D., Bengtsson, B.Å., Brown, J.W., Bucheli, S.R., Davis, D.R., De Prins, J., De Prins, W., Epstein, M.E., Gentili-Poole, P., Gielis, C., Hättenschwiler, P., Hausmann, A., Holloway, J.D., Kallies, A., Karsholt, O., Kawahara, A.Y., Koster, S.(J.C.), Kozlov, M., Lafontaine, J.D., Lamas, G., Landry, J.-F., Lee, S., Nuss, M., Penz, C., Rota, J., Schmidt, B.C., Schintlmeister, A., Sohn, J.-C., Solis, M.A., Tarmann, G.M., Warren, A.D., Weller, S., Yakovlev, R.V., Zolotuhin, V., and Zwick, A. (2011). "Order Lepidoptera.", Zootaxa, 3148, pp. 212-221.

2010:

• Lafontaine, J.D. and Ferris, C.D. (2010). "Review of the North American species of Marimatha Walker with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Eustrotiinae) and the description of Pseudomarimatha flava (Noctuinae, Elaphriini), a new genus and species confused with Marimatha.", ZooKeys, 39(Spec. Issue 5), pp. 117-135. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.39.424
• Lafontaine, J.D. and Poole, R.W. (2010). "Review of the New World genera of the subfamily Acontiinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae).", ZooKeys, 39(Spec. Issue 5), pp. 137-160. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.39.427
• Lafontaine, J.D. and Schmidt, B.C. (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.", ZooKeys, 40(Spec. Issue 6), pp. 1-239. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.40.414
• Lafontaine, J.D. and Troubridge, J.T. (2010). "Two new species of the Euxoa westermanni species-group from Canada (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae).", ZooKeys, 39(Spec. Issue 5), pp. 255-262. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.39.436
• Lafontaine, J.D. and Walsh, J.B. (2010). "A review of the subfamily Anobinae with the description of a new species of Baniana Walker from North and Central America (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Anobinae).", ZooKeys, 39(Spec. Issue 5), pp. 3-11. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.39.428
• Lafontaine, J.D., Ferris, C.D., and Walsh, J.B. (2010). "A revision of the genus Hypotrix Guenee in North America with descriptions of four new species and a new genus (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Eriopygini).", ZooKeys, 39(Spec. Issue 5), pp. 225-253. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.39.438
• Lafontaine, J.D., Walsh, J.B., and Holland, R.W. (2010). "A revision of the genus Bryolymnia Hampson in North America with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Elaphriini).", ZooKeys, 39(Spec. Issue 5), pp. 187-204. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.39.437
• Schmidt, B.C. and Lafontaine, J.D. (2010). "Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths II.", ZooKeys, 39(Spec. Issue 5), pp. 1-2. doi : 10.3897/zookeys.39.442

2009:

• Adams, J.K. and Lafontaine, J.D. (2009). "A new species of plagiomimicus grote (Noctuidae: Stiriinae) from Northern Arizona and Southeastern Utah.", Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 63(3), pp. 173-176.
• Janzen, D.H., Hallwachs, W., Blandin, P., Burns, J.M., Cadiou, J.-M., Chacon, I., Dapkey, T., Deans, A.R., Epstein, M.E., Espinoza, B., Franclemont, J.G., Haber, W.A., Hajibabaei, M., Hall, J.P.W., Hebert, P.D.N., Gauld, I.D., Harvey, D.J., Hausmann, A., Kitching, I.J., Lafontaine, J.D., Landry, J.-F., Lemaire, C., and others (2009). "Integration of DNA barcoding into an ongoing inventory of complex tropical biodiversity.", Molecular Ecology Resources, 9(Suppl. 1), pp. 1-26. doi : 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02628.x

Other Science Related Publications:

2013:

• Lafontaine, J.D. and Schmidt, B.C. (2013). "Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths IV (Editorial).", ZooKeys, 264(1-2), pp. 1-2.

2011:

• Lafontaine, J.D. (2011). "Karl Jordan Medal Address: Classifications – getting them righter!", 60th Annual Meeting of the Lepidopterists' Society, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, June 23-26, 2011.
• Lafontaine, J.D. and Troubridge, J.T. (2011). "Moths and butterflies of the Montane Cordillera Ecozone.", in Scudder, G.G.E. and Smith, I.M. (eds.) - Assessment of Species Diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone. Series: Assessment of Species Diversity in Canadian Ecozones, Royal British Columbia Museum, Canada, Chapter 18, pp. 1-89.