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 families of the Noctuoidea. It was considered the largest family in Lepidoptera for a long time, but after regrouping Lymantriinae, Catocalinae and Calpinae within the family Erebidae, the latter holds this title now. Currently, Noctuidae is the second largest family in Noctuoidea, with about 1,089 genera and 11,772 species. This classification is still contingent, as more changes continue to appear between Noctuidae and Erebidae.
Noctuoidea is the superfamily of noctuid or "owlet" moths, and has more than 70,000 described species, the largest number of any Lepidopteran superfamily. Its classification has not yet reached a satisfactory or stable state. Since the end of the 20th century, increasing availability of molecular phylogenetic data for this hugely successful radiation has led to several competing proposals for a taxonomic arrangement that correctly represents the relationships between the major lineages.
Heliothis is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. Some of the species have larvae which are agricultural pests on crop species such as tobacco, cotton, soybean and pigeon pea. Some species originally in this genus have been moved to other genera, see Chloridea and Helicoverpa.
Schinia, commonly called flower moths, is a large genus of moths belonging to the family Noctuidae. The genus has a Holarctic distribution with the vast majority of species being found in North America, many with a very restricted range and larval food plant.
Chloridea is a genus of owlet moths in the family Noctuidae. There are at least three described species in Chloridea.
Lithophane is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. They spend the winter as adults. Some species are capable of feeding on other caterpillars or on sawfly larvae, which is rather uncommon among Lepidoptera.
Sparkia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It contains only one species, Sparkia immacula, which is found in Arizona and New Mexico.
Schinia ciliata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southern California east to Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, western Kansas and Oklahoma, and scattered throughout Texas.
Schinia cupes is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from Texas, west to New Mexico and north to Kansas and Colorado.
Schinia crotchii is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southeastern Arizona west to the Peninsular Ranges of southern California and north in south-eastern Washington and southern Idaho.
Schinia pulchripennis, or the common flower moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae that is distributed throughout North America, including California and Nevada.
Heliothinae is a small, cosmopolitan subfamily of moths in the family Noctuidae, with about 400 described species worldwide. It includes a number of economically significant agricultural pest species, such as Helicoverpa armigera and Helicoverpa zea.
The rabbitbush flower moth is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from central Arizona and New Mexico, north to Colorado, south-western Wyoming and Utah, west to Nevada and California, and north to Oregon, Idaho and Washington.
Schinia rufocostulata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is only known from south-western Texas.
Schinia chryselloides is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Colorado from the base of the foothills in Jefferson County, east to Lincoln County, in extreme south-eastern Colorado, south to south-eastern Socorro County, New Mexico, and east to the south-eastern panhandle of Texas and extreme southern Texas.
Schinia alencis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from south-eastern Colorado to south-eastern Arizona east to western Oklahoma, northern Texas to south-western and south-eastern Texas.
Schinia immaculata is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to the area surrounding the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon in Coconino County, Arizona.
Schinia hardwickorum is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America.
Schinia deserticola is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found from southern California to southeastern Arizona and north to west central Utah and southeastern Oregon.
Chloridea tergemina is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in South America, including Brazil.
