Traps baited with a sex attractant were used to determine if the invasive noctuid moth Hecatera dysodea (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) is generally distributed in the state of Idaho. The insect, which originated from Europe, utilizes species of Lactuca (lettuce) (Asteraceae) as a larval host. It was previously reported from northern Oregon and southern Washington but not the state of Idaho. The moth was subsequently captured in traps in six Idaho counties ranging from the south of the state near Utah to the north of the state in the panhandle area. A larva was also found on wild lettuce, Lactuca serriola L., near Boise, Idaho, and adults were captured in a light-trap near the southern border of the state. We conclude that the moth is generally distributed in the state at lower elevations where L. serriola is present.

Two new species of Polypedilum (s. str.) Kieffer, 1912, from China with the anal point constricted apically, P. (s. str.) adustalum Zhang & Wang, sp. n., and P. (s. str.) constrictum Zhang & Wang, sp. n., are described and illustrated as male imagines. A checklist of Polypedilum subgenera and species from China is also presented.

Djalmabatista sinica sp. n. is described and figured based on the adult male and pupa. The male can be separated from its congeners by the characteristic banded wing and the abdominal coloration, while the pupa differs from other species in the setal arrangement on abdominal segment III and the shape of the thoracic horn and the anal lobe. In addition, the pupa of D. reidi (Freeman, 1955) collected in China is briefly redescribed and a new distribution record is given.