• Achaea Hübner, J. 1823. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. Augsburg (1816-[1825]). 431 pp. [269].

  Type species:

   Phalaena melicerta Drury, 1773 by subsequent designation, see Moore, F. 1885. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [163].
• Geria Walker, 1858.

History of changes

• Achaea argilla Swinhoe, C. 1901. New and little known moths from India and Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 8: 123-139 [132].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM.

History of changes

• Achaea eusciasta Hampson, G.F. 1913. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Noctuidae in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 12 xiii 626 pp., 1 folded page. [498].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Singapore.

General References

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Noctuidae. pp. 291-333 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [307] (Note 636. Achaea ensciasta Hampson, 1913. Australian specimens have been identified as Achaea eusciasta Hampson by W. Brandt and J.D. Holloway. Brandt was cautious about this identification as the holotype of A. eusciasta Hampson came from sea level (Singapore) while the species has only been found above an attitude of 500m in Australia and New Guinea)

History of changes

• Phalaena janata Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [527].
• Phalaena melicerta Drury, 1773.
• Noctua tigrina Fabricius, 1775.
• Noctua cyathina Macleay, W.S. 1826. Annulosa, Catalogue of Insects, collected by Captain King, R.N. app. B, pp. 438-469, Table B in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [Publication date established from Common, I.F.B. & Moulds, M.S. 1973. The date of publication of Captain Phillip King's Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 6(4): 257–259] [466].
• Catocala traversii Fereday, 1877.
• Phalaena melicerte; Moore, 1885.
• Ophiusa ekeikei Bethune-Baker, 1906.
• Achaea melicertoides Gaede, 1938.
• Achaea melicertella Gaede, 1938.

Notes

The names 'melicertella Strand, 1914 (Achaea) infrasubsp.' and melicertoides Strand, 1914 (Achaea) infrasubsp' are listed by Nielsen et al. (1996: 306) as synonyms under this species, but with no indication of the original species.

General References

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Noctuidae. pp. 291-333 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM.

History of changes

• Noctua mercatoria Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [604].
• Noctua vulpina Fabricius, 1775.
• Achaea ino Hübner, J. 1823. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. Augsburg (1816-[1825]). 431 pp. [269].
• Achaea accelerans Walker, F. 1858. Noctuidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 14: 1237-1519 [1401].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂.

Notes

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Noctuidae. pp. 291-333 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM (The names 'obliqua Strand, 1914 (Achaea) infrasubsp.' and 'obscurior Strand, 1914 (Achaea) infrasubsp' are listed by Nielsen et al. (1996: 307) as synonyms under this species, but with no indication of the original species.)

General References

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Noctuidae. pp. 291-333 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [307] (Note 635. Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775). Walker (1858c) chose Achaea mercatoria (Fabricius, 1794) to have precedence over A. vulpina (Fabricius, 1794). He was obviously unaware that both names had been published simultaneously by Fabricius (1775). Poole (1989) gave precedence to A. mercatoria (Fabricius, 1775) over A. vulpina (Fabricius, 1775). It is possible that an earlier first reviser can be found)

History of changes

• Noctua serva Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [593].
• Achaea fasciculipes Walker, 1858.
• Achaea fuscosuffusa Gaede, 1938.

Notes

The name 'fuscosuffusa Strand, 1912 (Achaea ) infrasubsp.' is listed by Nielsen et al. (1996: 306) as a synonym under this species, but with no indication of the original species.

General References

Edwards, E.D. 1996. Noctuidae. pp. 291-333 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [307]

History of changes