Noctuites

Noctuites is a genus of extinct moths in the Noctuoidea superfamily. This genus was originally designated to accommodate noctuids of uncertain association. Most noctuoid fossils are incomplete, making them hard to place in a modern phylogeny of Noctuoidea. For this reason the genus has not been assigned to a family.

Noctuites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
Family:
unassigned
Genus:
†Noctuites

Heer, 1849
Synonyms
  • Xyleutites Kozhanchikov, 1957

Species
  • †Noctuites caucasicus Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
  • †Noctuites deperditus Heer, 1856, described from Aix-en-Provence in France and dated to the Late Oligocene–Early Miocene boundary.
  • †Noctuites effosus Heer, 1849 (= Noctuites effossus Handlirsch, 1908), described from Croatia and dated to the Early Miocene.
  • †Noctuites gersdorfi Kernbach, 1967, described from Germany and dated to the Late Pliocene.
  • †Noctuites haidingeri Heer, 1849, described from Croatia and dated to the Early Miocene.
  • †Noctuites incertissimus Oustalet, 1870, described from France and dated to the Late Oligocene.
  • †Noctuites kaspievi Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
  • †Noctuites kozhantshikovi Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
  • †Noctuites kusnezovi Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
  • †Noctuites maximus Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
  • †Noctuites miocenicus (Kozhanchikov, 1957) (described as Xyleutites miocenicus), described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
  • †Noctuites radobojana Kozlov, 1988, described from Croatia and dated to the Early Miocene.
  • †Noctuites stavropolicus Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.

Unnamed fossils

A further three unnamed fossil species have been assigned to this genus:

  • Undescribed species Hope, 1836 (originally referred to Noctua)
  • Undescribed species Kozlov, 1988, from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
  • Undescribed species Lomnicki, 1894 (originally referred to Noctua), from Ukraine and dated to the Pleistocene.

References
  • Sohn, J.-C. et al. 2012: An annotated catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola) of the world. Zootaxa, 3286: 1-132
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