Noctua (moth)

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Noctua
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Noctua janthe
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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]

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.

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<i>Noctua janthe</i> Species of moth

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<i>Noctua interjecta</i> Species of moth

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<i>Noctua fimbriata</i> Species of moth

Noctua fimbriata, the broad-bordered yellow underwing, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Europe, North Africa, Anatolia, the Caucasus, Turkey, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Armenia, Turkmenistan and Novosibirsk Oblast. The border of its southern range is unclear because of the similar looking species Noctua tirrenica.

<i>Noctua orbona</i> Species of moth

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<i>Periphanes</i> Genus of moths

Periphanes is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1821. Its only species, Periphanes delphinii, the pease blossom, was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It can be found from Afghanistan and the steppe areas of Central Asia and Anatolia up to the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea and north-western Africa.

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.