Noctua (moth)

Noctua
File:Noctua janthe01.jpg
Noctua janthe
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Noctuinae
Genus:	Noctua Linnaeus, 1758

Noctua (Latin for "little owl") is a genus of moths. They have dull, cryptic forewings and often very bright hind wings. 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.

Species

• Noctua atlantica Warren, 1905
• Noctua carvalhoi Pinker, 1983
• Noctua comes – Lesser Yellow Underwing Hübner, [1813]
• Noctua fimbriata – Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Schreber, 1759
• Noctua interjecta – Least Yellow Underwing Hübner, [1803]
• Noctua interposita Hübner, [1790]
• Noctua janthe – Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing Borkhausen, 1792
• Noctua janthina – Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing [Schiffermüller], 1775
• Noctua noacki Boursin, 1957
• Noctua orbona – Lunar Yellow Underwing Hufnagel, 1766
• Noctua pronuba – Large Yellow Underwing (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Noctua teixeirai Pinker, 1971
• Noctua tertia Mentzer, Moberg & Fibiger, 1991
• Noctua tirrenica Biebinger, Speidel & Hanigk, 1983
• Noctua undosa Leech, 1889
• Noctua warreni Lödl, 1987

Noctua comparison

• Noctua interjecta.jpg

  Noctua interjecta

• Noctua comes.01.jpg

  Noctua comes

• Noctua interposita1.jpg

  Noctua interposita

• Noctua orbona.01.jpg

  Noctua orbona

• Noctua pronuba.o1.jpg

  Noctua pronuba

• Noctua jantina MHNT.jpg

  Noctua janthina

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  Noctua fimbriata

• Epilecta linogrisea01.jpg

  Epilecta linogrisea

References

• Noctua at WikiSpecies
• Noctua at funet.fi