Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809
Yökköset, Hammaskehrääjät, Villakehrääjät, Siilikehrääjät
Moths
Oenosandridae Miller, 1991
— 4 spp.
Notodontidae Stephens, 1829
Hammaskehrääjät
Zahnspinner
— 1825 spp.
24 spp.
Nolidae Bruand, 1847
— 2357 spp.
11 spp.
Euteliidae Grote, 1882
— 533 spp.
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809
Yökköset
— 15675 spp.
370 spp.
Erebidae Leach, 1815
— 13812 spp.
48 spp.
Arctiidae Leach, 1815
Siilikehrääjät
Bärenspinner
— 10829 spp.
34 spp.
769x513 (~99Kb) larva Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko
513x769 (~71Kb) Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko
The exact identification of these species is still unknown,
but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.
Unknown or unplaced taxa
Phalaena (of authors) adumbratis[sic, adumbrata ] ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) agilis ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) albicincta ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) algira ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) alterna ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) argentula Lang, 1789; 158 (preocc. Phalaena argentula Hübner, [1787]); TL : Augsburg
Phalaena (of authors) argentula ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) beltes Stoll, [1782]; 233, pl. 396, f. I; TL : Surinam
Phalaena (of authors) beltes ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) bidentata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) bifasciata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) bipuncta ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) bombycina Ström, 1783; 80 (preocc. Phalaena bombycina Hufnagel, 1766); TL : Norway
Phalaena (of authors) bombycina ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) brenna Stoll, [1782]; 223, 248, pl. 396, f. H; TL : Surinam
Phalaena (of authors) brenna ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) calabra ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) caliginosa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) cana ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) capucina ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) cervina ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) c-nigrum ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) concava ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) confinis ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) confusa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) conversa Lang, 1789; 152 (preocc. Phalaena conversa Esper, 1787); TL : Italy
Phalaena (of authors) conversa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) coriaria ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) coriticina ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) crocea ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) cuprea Martyn, 1797; pl. 9, f. 21 (preocc. Phalaena cuprea Esper, 1787); TL : Surinam
Phalaena (of authors) cuprea ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) dentata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) despecta ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) discolor ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) discolor Gmelin, [1790]; 2584 (preocc. Phalaena discolor Villers, 1789); TL : Europe
Phalaena (of authors) discolor ; [POOLE]
Phalaena discoloria Sepp, [1848]; 97, pl. 44; TL : Surinam
Phalaena (of authors) discoloria ; [POOLE]
Larva on
Passiflora vespertilio [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) domiduca Martyn, 1797; pl. 32, f. 93 (preocc. Phalaena domiduca Hufnagel, 1766); TL : New Georgia
Phalaena (of authors) domiduca ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) duplicata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) egregia ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) euphrasiae ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) faracenica ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) fasciola ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) ferruginea Ström, 1783; 77; TL : Norway
Phalaena (of authors) ferruginea ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) ficariae ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) formosa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) fraterna ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) fulva ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) furca ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) furcata Ström, 1783; 77; TL : Norway
Phalaena (of authors) furcata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) fusca ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) fuscellata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) gemina ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) graecum Poda, 1761; 90; TL : Greece
Phalaena (of authors) graecum ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) graminea ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) grisea ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) griseola ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) hepatica ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) hymenalis Ström, 1783; 75; TL : Norway
Phalaena (of authors) hymenalis ; [POOLE]
Phalaena ignobilis Hufnagel, 1766; 300; TL : Berlin region
Phalaena (of authors) ignobilis ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) illumina Esper, 1794; 104, pl. 183, f. 4; TL : Hungary
Phalaena (of authors) illumina ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) incisa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) incisa Martyn, 1797; pl. 17, f. 41-42 (preocc. Phalaena incisa Villers, 1789)
Phalaena (of authors) incisa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) incompta ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) inconspicua ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) inflexa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) inscripta ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) inspersa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) interrupta ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) intersecta ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) inusta Brahm, 1791; 60
Phalaena (of authors) inusta ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) jacobaeae Poda, 1761; 88; TL : Greece
Phalaena (of authors) jacobaeae ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) lactucae ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) lamina ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) leucogaster ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) leucorrhoa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) lineolata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) lugubris Martyn, 1797; pl. 27, f. 72-73; TL : New Georgia
Phalaena (of authors) lugubris ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) lunularis ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) lutea ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) lutea ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) macrozonias ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) maculosa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) manicata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) marginata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) marmorata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) melanogramma ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) melanosticta ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) melanozonias ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) mendaria ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) misera ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) moerens ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) multipunctata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) multipunctata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) murina ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) naevia ; [POOLE]
Phalaena nana Hochwenwarth, 1785; 334, pl. 7, f. 1 (preocc. Phalaena nana Hufnagel, 1766)
Phalaena (of authors) nana ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) nivea ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) nocturna ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) nubila ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) nunatrum ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) obfuscata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) obscura Villers, 1789; Caroli Linn. Ent. 2 : 287 (preocc. Phalaena obscura Cramer, 1780); TL : Europe
Phalaena (of authors) obscura ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) obscura ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) obsolescens ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) octomaculata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) ocularis ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) olivacea ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) omega ; [POOLE]
Phalaena omicron Afzelius, 1823; pl. 132 (preocc. Phalaena omicron Goeffroy, 1785); TL : North America
Phalaena (of authors) omicron ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) ovalis ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) pales Drury, [1773]; 47, pl. 23, f. 3; TL : St. Christopher's
Phalaena (of authors) pales ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) pallida ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) pallium ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) pasithea ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) peullina Martyn, 1797; pl. 17, f. 43-44
Phalaena (of authors) peullina ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) phidippe Stoll, [1782]; 237, 251, pl. 399, f. E, F; TL : Surinam
Phalaena (of authors) phidippe ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) picta ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) picta ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) pigra ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) pilicornis ; [POOLE]
Phalaena piritoides Hufnagel, 1766; 400; TL : Berlin region
Phalaena (of authors) piritoides ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) placida Stoll, [1782]; 134, 251, pl. 359, f. E
Phalaena (of authors) placida ; [POOLE]
Phalaena ployeri Hochenwarth, 1785; 335, pl. 7, f. 3
Phalaena (of authors) ployeri ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) polyzona Esper, 1791; 630, pl. 170, f. 5; TL : Leipzig region
Phalaena (of authors) polyzona ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) populeti ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) praecox Ström, 1783; 78 (preocc. Phalaena praecox Linnaeus, 1758)
Phalaena (of authors) praecox ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) praedatricula ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) praeusta Brahm, 1791; 55
Phalaena (of authors) praeusta ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) prospicua ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) punctata Ström, 1783; 79; TL : Norway
Phalaena (of authors) punctata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) pupillata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) quadra Poda, 1761; 89; TL : Greece
Phalaena (of authors) quadra ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) quadrifasciata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) quadrimaculosa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) quadristrigosa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) quadrula ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) radiata Esper, 1788; 374, pl. 126, f. 2-3
Phalaena (of authors) radiata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) rosacea ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) rubeculla Esper, 1791; 526, pl. 157, f. 4; TL : Florence region
Phalaena (of authors) rubeculla ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) rubiginosa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) ruficornis ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) sagitta ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) sanguinolenta ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) sanguinolenta ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) scapularis ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) scutigera ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) semilutea ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) signifera Martyn, 1797; pl. 13, f. 32-33; TL : New Georgia
Phalaena (of authors) signifera ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) squalida ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) stigmosa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) strigata Villers, 1789; Caroli Linn. Ent. 2 : 281 (preocc. Phalaena strigta Scopoli, 1763); TL : Europe
Phalaena (of authors) strigata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) strigosa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) subnigra ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) substigmatisata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) tortuosa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) translucens ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) transversalis ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) trichroa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) tricolor ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) tricolor ; [POOLE]
Phalaena tricomma Hufnagel, 1766; 408; TL : Berlin region
Phalaena (of authors) tricomma ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) tricomma Esper, 1791; 603, pl. 166, f. 6 (preocc. Phalaena tricomma Hufnagel, 1766); TL : Vienna region
Phalaena (of authors) tricomma ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) tridactylion ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) trilunata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) trimaculata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) triptera ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) triquetra ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) tristriata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) umbrosa Esper, 1788; 413, pl. 133, f. 5-6; TL : Leipzig region
Phalaena (of authors) umbrosa ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) unicolor ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) variegata Ström, 1768; 336 (preocc. Phalaena variegata Scopoli, 1763); TL : Norway
Phalaena (of authors) variegata ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (Noctua) vermicularis Martyn, 1797; pl. 24, f. 64-65; TL : New Georgia
Phalaena (of authors) vermicularis ; [POOLE]
Phalaena (of authors) virginea ; [POOLE]
Phalaena wulfii Hochenwarth, 1785; 335, pl. 7, f. 4
Phalaena (of authors) wulfii ; [POOLE]
21.5.2024 (45035)
References:
[AfroMoths] De Prins, J., & De Prins, W.
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera) ; (Version 2024-03-15). Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo; https://doi.org/10.15468/s1kwuw
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[ESP] :ESP#c Heppner, 1981
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[Olli Vesikko]
http://koti.welho.com/ovesikko/
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
Some related literature:
Borkhausen, 1792
Naturgeschichte der Europaischen Schmetterlinge nach Systematischer Ordnung
Naturges. Eur. Schmett. 4
: 1 -809
Esper, 1788
Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil IV. Die Eulenphalenen
Die Schmett., Th. IV, Bd. 1
(29): 1 -16, pl. 80 -85 (Noct. 1-6) (1786),
(30): 17 -32, pl. 86 -91 (Noct. 7-12) (1786),
(31): 33 -48, pl. 92 -97 (Noct. 13-18) (1787),
(32): 49 -64, pl. 98 -103 (Noct. 19-24) (1787),
(33): 65 -80, pl. 104 -109 (Noct. 25-30) (1787),
(34): 81 -96, pl. 110 -115 (Noct. 31-36) (1787),
(35): 97 -112, pl. 116 -121 (Noct. 37-42) (1787),
(36-37): 113 -144, pl. 122 -133 (Noct. 43-54) (1788),
(38): 145 -160, pl. 134-139 (Noct. 55-60) (1788),
(39): 161 -176, pl. 140-145 (Noct. 61-66) (1789),
(40): 177 -192, pl. 146-151 (Noct. 67-72) (1790),
(41): 193 -208, pl. 152-155, 99B , 105B (Noct. 73-76) (1790),
(42-44): 209 -320, pl. 156-167, 117A (Noct. 77-88) (1791),
(45-46): 321 -352, pl. 168-177, 125B , 125C (Noct. 89-98) (1791),
(47): 353 -372, pl. 178-183 (Noct. 99-104) (1794)
Gmelin, [1790]
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in Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (edn 13) 1 (5)
: 2225 -3020
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera
Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2
: 1-812
Linnaeus, 1767
Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, .... Editio Duocecima Reformata. Tom. 1. Part II.
Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2)
: 533 -1327,
: Errata
van Nieukerken et al., 2011
in Zhang (Ed.), Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Zootaxa 3148
: 212-221
[POOLE]; Poole, 1989
Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series) 118: Noctuidae
Lepid. cat. (n.s.) 118 :
Villers, 1789
Caroli Linnaei Entomologia, Faunae Suecicae Descriptionibus Aucta
Caroli Linn. Ent. 2
: 1 -656
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