Noctuini is a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
of owlet moths in the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
. There are at least 520 described species in Noctuini.
Noctuini genera
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Abagrotis
''Abagrotis'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Species
* '' Abagrotis alampeta'' Franclemont, 1967
* '' Abagrotis alcandola'' (Smith, 1908)
* '' Abagrotis alternata'' (Grote, 1865) – greater red dart moth
* '' Abagrotis anchoce ...
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Smith, 1890
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Actebia''
Stephens, 1829
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Adelphagrotis''
Smith, 1890
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Agnorisma
''Agnorisma'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. Agnorisma species were formerly included in the genus ''Xestia''.
Species
*''Agnorisma badinodis'' (formerly ''Xestia badinodis'') – Pale-banded Dart Moth
*''Agnorisma bollii'' (fo ...
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Lafontaine, 1998
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Agrotis
''Agrotis'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. A number of the species of this genus are extinct.
Description
The proboscis is well developed. Palpi obliquely porrect (ext ...
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Ochsenheimer, 1816
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Anaplectoides''
McDunnough, 1929
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Anicla''
Grote, 1874
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Aplectoides''
Butler, 1878
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Cerastis''
Ochsenheimer, 1816
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Chersotis''
Boisduval, 1840
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Choephora''
Grote & Robinson, 1868
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Coenophila
''Coenophila'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because man ...
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Stephens, 1850
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Copablepharon''
Harvey, 1878
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Cryptocala
''Cryptocala'' is a genus of moths of the family
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Benjamin, 1921
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Diarsia''
Hübner, 1821
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Dichagyris''
Lederer, 1857
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Eucoptocnemis''
Grote, 1874
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Eueretagrotis''
Smith, 1890
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Eurois
''Eurois'' is a genus of moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 16 ...
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Hübner, 1821
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Euxoa
''Euxoa'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae raised to Genus by the German entomologist, Jacob Hübner.
The Genus is mostly confined to dry and semi dry areas in the Northern Hemisphere. There 130 species in Eurasia, a few in Africa, ...
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Hübner, 1821
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Feltia
''Feltia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Species
* '' Feltia austrina'' (Lafontaine, 1986)
* '' Feltia beringiana'' (Lafontaine & Kononenko, 1986)
* '' Feltia boreana'' (Lafontaine, 1986)
* '' Feltia evanidalis'' (Grote, 1878 ...
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Walker, 1856
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Graphiphora
''Graphiphora'' is a genus of moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximate ...
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Ochsenheimer, 1816
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Hemieuxoa
''Hemieuxoa'' is a genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and belo ...
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McDunnough, 1929
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Hemipachnobia
''Hemipachnobia'' is a genus of moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approxima ...
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McDunnough, 1929
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Isochlora
''Isochlora'' is a genus of moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximatel ...
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Staudinger, 1882
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Lycophotia
''Lycophotia'' is a genus of moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximate ...
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Hübner, 1821
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Noctua''
Linnaeus, 1758 (yellow underwings)
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Ochropleura''
Hübner, 1821
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Parabagrotis''
Lafontaine, 1998
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Parabarrovia''
Gibson, 1920
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Paradiarsia''
McDunnough, 1929
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Peridroma''
Hübner, 1821
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Prognorisma''
Lafontaine, 1998
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Pronoctua''
Smith, 1894
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Protogygia''
McDunnough, 1929
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Protolampra''
McDunnough, 1929
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Pseudohermonassa
''Pseudohermonassa'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. Some species were formerly placed in ''Xestia
''Xestia'' is a genus of noctuid moths ( family Noctuidae). They are the type genus of the tribe Xestiini in subfamily Noctuinae ...
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Varga in Varga, Ronkay & Yela, 1990
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Rhyacia''
Hübner, 1821
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Richia''
Grote, 1887
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Setagrotis''
Smith, 1890
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Spaelotis''
Boisduval, 1840
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Striacosta''
Lafontaine, 2004
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Tesagrotis''
Lafontaine, 1998
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Xestia
''Xestia'' is a genus of noctuid moths (family Noctuidae). They are the type genus of the tribe Xestiini in subfamily Noctuinae, though some authors merge this tribe with the Noctuini. Species in this genus are commonly known as "clays", "darts ...
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Hübner, 1818
References
* Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ''ZooKeys'', vol. 40, 1-239.
* Lafontaine, J. Donald / Dominick, R. B. et al., eds. (1998). "Noctuoidea Noctuidae (part) Noctuinae (part - Noctuini)". ''The Moths of America North of Mexico'', fasc. 27.3, 348.
Further reading
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External links
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Noctuinae
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