Noctua (moth)

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.

Noctua
Noctua janthe
Scientific classification
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]
Euschesis Hübner, 1821 Lampra Hübner Noctuella Rafinesque, 1815 Nyctemia Rafinesque, 1815 Triphaena Ochsenheimer, 1816 Tryphaena Meigen, 1831 Xanthoptera Sodoffsky, 1837

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 Denis & 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

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  Noctua interjecta
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  Noctua comes
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  Noctua interposita
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  Noctua orbona
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  Noctua pronuba
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  Noctua janthina
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  Noctua fimbriata
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  Noctua tirrenica
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  Epilecta linogrisea