Noctua (moth)

Noctua (Latin for "little owl") is a genus of moths. They have dull, cryptic forewings and often very bright hindwings. These are hidden under the forewings when the moths rest, leading to their common name of yellow underwings. They are not particularly closely related to the "true" underwing moths (Catocala) though, apart from both being Noctuoidea (and in the traditional classification, Noctuidae). They are good fliers.

Noctua
Noctua janthe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Tribe: Noctuini
Genus: Noctua
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Phalaena pronuba
Linnaeus, 1758[1]
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Euschesis Hübner, 1821
  • Lampra Hübner
  • Noctuella Rafinesque, 1815
  • Nyctemia Rafinesque, 1815
  • Triphaena Ochsenheimer, 1816
  • Tryphaena Meigen, 1831
  • Xanthoptera Sodoffsky, 1837

Species

Noctua comparison

References

  1. "Genus: Noctua Linnaeus, 1758 . Systema Naturae (Edn 10) 1 : 508". Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  2. "Noctua Linnaeus, 1758". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  • Noctua at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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