''Xylena'' is a
genus
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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 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s 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 many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
.
Species
* ''
Xylena apicimacula''
Yoshimoto, 1993
* ''
Xylena brucei'' – Bruce's swordgrass
(Smith, 1892)
* ''
Xylena buckwelli''
Rungs, 1952
* ''
Xylena changi
''Xylena'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Species
* '' Xylena apicimacula'' Yoshimoto, 1993
* '' Xylena brucei'' – Bruce's swordgrass (Smith, 1892)
* '' Xylena buckwelli'' Rungs, 1952
* '' Xylena changi'' Horie, 1993
* '' Xy ...
''
Horie, 1993
* ''
Xylena cineritia'' – gray swordgrass
(Grote, 1874)
* ''
Xylena confusa''
Kononenko & Ronkay, 1998
* ''
Xylena curvimacula'' – dot-and-dash swordgrass
(Morrison, 1874)
* ''
Xylena exsoleta
''Xylena exsoleta'', the sword-grass, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae.
Technical description and variation
The wingspan is 58–68 mm. The length of the forewings is 24–29 mm.
Forewing long and narrow. Differs from Xy ...
'' – sword-grass
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1758)
* ''
Xylena formosa''
(Butler, 1878)
* ''
Xylena fumosa
''Xylena'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Species
* '' Xylena apicimacula'' Yoshimoto, 1993
* '' Xylena brucei'' – Bruce's swordgrass (Smith, 1892)
* '' Xylena buckwelli'' Rungs, 1952
* ''Xylena changi'' Horie, 1993
* '' Xyl ...
''
(Butler, 1878)
* ''
Xylena lunifera''
(Warren, 1010)
* ''
Xylena nepalina''
Yoshimoto, 1993
* ''
Xylena nihonica''
(Hoene, 1917)
* ''
Xylena nupera'' – American swordgrass
(Lintner, 1874)
* ''
Xylena plumbeopaca''
Hreblay & Ronkay, 2000
* ''
Xylena sugii''
Kobayashi, 1993
* ''
Xylena tanabei''
Owada, 1993
* ''
Xylena tatajiana
''Xylena tatajiana'' is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pa ...
''
Chang, 1991
* ''
Xylena thoracica
''Xylena thoracica'', the acadian swordgrass moth, is a species of cutworm or dart moth in the family Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controvers ...
'' – acadian swordgrass
(Putnam-Cramer, 1886)
* ''
Xylena vetusta
''Xylena vetusta'', the red sword-grass, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. It is found in the Palearctic realm from northwestern Africa through Europe and Asia up to central Siberia. In ...
'' – red sword-grass
(Hübner, 813
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* June 22 – Battle of Versinikia: The Bulgars, led by Krum, ruler ('' khan'') of the Bulgarian Empire, defeat Emperor Michael I near Edirne (modern Turkey). The Byzantine army (26,000 men) ...
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
*
Cuculliinae
Taxa named by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer
{{Cuculliinae-stub