British Insects: the Genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae

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L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz

Contents

Introduction

Notes on John Curtis’s ‘British Entomology’ • Updated insect names for John Curtis’s ‘British Entomology’ • Updated plant names for John Curtis’s ‘British Entomology’ • Notes on Edward Newman’s ‘British Moths’ and ‘British Butterflies’ • Notes on the scanning of the images

Interactive key, including interactive information retrieval

The interactive key allows free choice of characters, is easy to use, and can lead to correct identifications in spite of occasional errors. It can display all the illustrations, full and partial descriptions, diagnostic descriptions, differences and similarities between taxa, lists of taxa exhibiting or lacking specified attributes, and distributions of character states within any set of taxa.

Character list

Implicit attributes

Acknowledgements • References • Citation • Contacts, conditions of use, contributions

Descriptions

The descriptions were generated from a DELTA database (Dallwitz 1980; Dallwitz, Paine, and Zurcher 1993). The bold parts are diagnostic descriptions, generated with the aid of Intkey (Dallwitz et al. 1993). They distinguish most taxa in at least one respect from the other taxa.

• Abrostola Ochsenheimer • Acontia Ochsenheimer • Acosmetia Stephens • Actinotia Hübner • Acronicta Ochsenheimer • Agrochola Hübner • Agrotis Ochsenheimer • Allophyes Tams • Amphipoea Billberg • Amphipyra Ochsenheimer • Anaplectoides McDunnough • Anarta Ochsenheimer • Anomis Hübner • Antitype Hübner • Apamea Ochsenheimer • Aporophyla Guenée • Archanara Walker • Arenostola Hampson • Atethmia Hübner • Athetis Hübner • Autographa Hübner • Axylia Hübner

• Bena Billberg • Blepharita Hampson • Brachionycha Hübner • Brithys Hübner

• Caenurgina McDunnough • Calamia Hübner • Callistege Hübner • Callopistria Hübner • Calophasia Stephens • Caradrina Ochsenheimer • Catocala Schrank • Catephia Ochsenheimer • Celaena Stephens • Ceramica Guenée • Cerapteryx Curtis • Cerastis Ochsenheimer • Charadra Walker • Charanyca Billberg • Chilodes Herrich-Schäffer • Chrysodeixis Hübner • Cleoceris Duponchel • Clytie Hübner • Coenobia Stephens • Colobochyla Hübner • Colocasia Hübner • Conistra Hübner • Cosmia Ochsenheimer • Craniophora Snellen • Cryphia Hübner • Ctenoplusia Dufay • Cucullia Schrank • Dasypolia Guenée • Deltote R.L. • Diachrysia Hübner • Diarsia Hübner • Dichonia Hübner • Dicycla Guenée • Discestra Hampson • Dryobotodes Warren • Dypterygia Stephens • Dysgonia Hübner

• Earias Hübner • Egira Duponchel • Elaphria Hübner • Emmelia Hübner • Enargia Hübner • Epizeuxis Hübner • Eremobia Stephens • Eublemma Hübner • Eucarta Lederer • Euchalcia Ochsenheimer • Euclidia Hübner • Eugnorisma Boursin • Eugraphe Hübner • Eumichtis Hübner • Euplexia Stephens • Eupsilia Hübner • Eurois Hübner • Eustrotia Hübner • Euxoa Hübner

• Feltia Walker

• Gortyna Ochsenheimer • Grammodes Guenée • Graphania Hampson • Graphiphora Ochsenheimer

• Hada Billberg • Hecatera Guenée • Hadena Schrank • Helicoverpa Hardwick • Heliophobus Boisduval • Heliothis Ochsenheimer • Hoplodrina Boursin • Hydraecia Guenée • Hypena Schrank • Hypenodes Doubleday • Hyppa Duponchel

• Ipimorpha Hübner

• Jodia Hübner

• Lacanobia Billberg • Lacinipolia McDunnough • Laspeyria Germar • Leucochlaena Hampson • Lithacodia Hübner • Lithomoia Hübner • Lithophane Hübner • Luperina Boisduval • Lycophotia Hübner • Lygephila Billberg

• Macdunnoughia Kostrowicki • Macrochilo Hübner • Mamestra Ochsenheimer • Meganephria Hübner • Melanchra Hübner • Mesapamea Heinicke • Mesogona Boisduval • Mesoligia Boursin • Minucia Moore • Mocis Hübner • Moma Hübner • Mormo Ochsenheimer • Mythimna Ochsenheimer

• Naenia Stephens • Noctua Linnaeus • Nonagria Ochsenheimer • Nycteola Hübner

• Ochropleura Hübner • Oligia Hübner • Omphaloscelis Hampson • Oria Hübner • Orthosia Ochsenheimer

• Pachetra Guenée • Panemeria Hübner • Panolis Hübner • Paracolax Hübner • Paradiarsia McDunnough • Parascotia Hübner • Parastichtis Hübner • Peridroma Hübner • Perigea Guenée • Periphanes Hübner • Phlogophora Treitschke • Photedes Lederer • Phytometra Haworth • Plathypena Grote • Plusia Ochsenheimer • Polia Ochsenheimer • Polychrysia Hübner • Polymixis Hübner • Polypogon Schrank • Protoschinia Hardwick • Pseudenargia Boursin • Pseudoips Hübner • Pyrrhia Hübner

• Raphia Hübner • Rhizedra Warren • Rhyacia Hübner • Rivula Guenée in Duponchel • Rusina Stephens

• Schinia Hübner • Schrankia Hübner • Scoliopteryx Germar • Scotochrosta Lederer • Sedina Urbahn • Senta Stephens • Sideridis Hübner • Simyra Ochsenheimer • Spaelotis Boisduval • Spodoptera Guenée • Standfussiana Boursin • Stilbia Stephens • Synedoida Edwards • Syngrapha Hübner • Synthymia Hübner

• Tathorhynchus Hampson • Thalpophila Hübner • Tholera Hübner • Trachea Ochsenheimer • Trichoplusia McDunnough • Trigonophora Hampson • Trisateles Tams • Tyta Billberg

• Valeria Stephens

• Xanthia Ochsenheimer • Xestia Hübner • Xylena Ochsenheimer • Xylocampa Guenée


Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 2003 onwards. British insects: the genera of Lepidoptera-Noctuidae Version: 9th April 2007. http://delta-intkey.com’.

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