Xyleutites

''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.

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

Fossil Lepidoptera
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Miocene insects
Prehistoric insects of Europe
Fossil taxa described in 1849

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