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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae)

Family Noctuidae - Owlet Moths

Classification · Other Common Names · Pronunciation · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Caterpillar Balsa labecula Wheat Head Armyworm - Dargida diffusa Xestia badicollis? - Xestia 8908 – Autographa precationis – Common Looper - Autographa precationis Papaipema nebris - Papaipema Euxoa detersa 933042 Lacinipolia pensilis ?
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Other Common Names
Cutworm Moths
Pronunciation
nawk-TOO-ih-dee
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Family Noctuidae was probably first recognized as a distinct unit by Denis & Schiffermüller in 1775 (Kitching, 1984. pg. 155)
Numbers
2522 species in our area according to Pohl et al. (2016) (1)
Life Cycle
See
Print References
Lafontaine, J. D., and B. C. Schmidt. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico.(2)
Keegan, K. L., J. Rota, R. Zahiri, A. Zilli, N. Wahlberg, B. C. Schmidt, J. D. Lafontaine, P. Z. Goldstein, and D. L. Wagner. 2021. Toward a stable global Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) taxonomy. Insect Systematics and Diversity. 5(3): 1–24. (3)
Kitching, I. J., 1984. An historical review of the higher classification of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera). Bull. Brit. Mus. 49 (3): 153-234
Smith, J. B. 1903. Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Superfamily Noctuidae found in Boreal America. Bulletin USNM 44: 1-424
Wagner, D.L., D.F. Schweitzer, J.B. Sullivan, R.C. Reardon. 2009. (Manuscript) Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). pp. 1-732 (2.5Mb PDF Download)(4)
Internet References
The Moths of Canada (Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility)
Insects of Cedar Creek
EoL
Forestry Images
Moths of Southeast Arizona
Works Cited
1.Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.
2.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
3.Toward a Stable Global Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Taxonomy
Keegan, K.L., Rota, J., Zahiri, R., Zilli, A., Wahlberg, N., Schmidt, B.C., Lafontaine, J.D., Goldstein, P.Z., Wagner, D.L. 2021. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 5(3): 1-24.
4.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Kevin Keegan, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 25 May, 2021 - 10:38am

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