• Athetis Hübner, J. 1821. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. published by the author: Augsburg (16). [209].

  Type species:

   Noctua dasychira Hübner, 1817 by subsequent designation, see Hampson, G.F. 1909. 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. 8 xiv 583 pp., 1 folded page. [299].
• Proxenus Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1850. Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Huebners Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. Regensburg : G.J. Manz Vol. 2 450 pp., 91 pl. [Date published [1843-1855]] [190, 240].

  Type species:

   Caradrina hospes Freyer, 1831 by monotypy.
• Elydna Walker, F. 1858. Noctuidae. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 15: 1520-1888 [incl. index to parts 9-15] [1712].

  Type species:

   Elydna transversa Walker, 1858 by monotypy.
• Nebrissa Walker, F. 1862. Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidopterous insects collected at Sarawak, in Borneo, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 6: 82-145, 171-198 [194].

  Type species:

   Nebrissa bimacula Walker, 1862 by monotypy.
• Curgia Walker, F. 1863. Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidopterous insects collected at Sarawak, in Borneo, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 7: 49-84, 160-180 [Date published 1863: dated 1862] [166] [junior homonym of Curgia Walker, 1860].

  Type species:

   Curgia nonagrica Walker, 1863 by monotypy.
• Radinacra Butler, A.G. 1878. Descriptions of new species of Heterocera from Japan. Part-II. Noctuites. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 1: 77-85, 161-169, 192-204, 287-295 [161].

  Type species:

   Radinacra palpalis Butler, 1878 by original designation.
• Dadica Moore, F. 1881. Descriptions of new genera and species of Asiatic nocturnal Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 326-380, 2 pls [349].

  Type species:

   Dadica lineosa Moore, 1881 by monotypy.
• Leucocosmia Butler, A.G. 1886. Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Australian region. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1886(4): 381-441, pls 9-10 [394].

  Type species:

   Leucocosmia ceres Butler, 1886 by monotypy.
• Radinogoes Butler, A.G. 1886. Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Australian region. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1886(4): 381-441, pls 9-10 [393].

  Type species:

   Radinogoes tenuis Butler, 1886 by monotypy.
• Floccifera Hampson, G.F. 1894. Moths II. In, Blandford, W.T. (ed.). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. London : Taylor and Francis xxii+609 pp. [xiii, 281].

  Type species:

   Aletia erigida Swinhoe, 1890 by original designation.
• Stygiathetis Hampson, G.F. 1908. 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. 7 xv 709 pp., 1 folded page. [8].

  Type species:

   Radinacra mus Hampson, 1891 by subsequent designation, see Hampson, G.F. 1909. 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. 8 xiv 583 pp., 1 folded page. [444].
• Strepselydna Warren, W. 1911. Noctuidae. pp. 205-276 in Seitz, A. (ed.). Die Groß-Schmetterlinge der Erde. I Abt.: Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. Band 3. Die Eulenartigen Nachtfalter. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag 511 pp, 75 pls. [229].

  Type species:

   Elydna truncipennis Hampson, 1910 by original designation.
• Hydrillula Tams, W.H.T. 1938. Observations on the generic nomenclature of some British Agrotidae. The Entomologist 71: 123 [123].

  Type species:

   Noctua pallustris Hübner, 1908 by original designation.
• Tectorea Berio, E. 1955. Contribution a l'étude des Noctuidae de Madagascar. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar 6: 109-140 [118].

  Type species:

   Caradrina nitens Saalmüller, 1891 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Poole, R.W. 1989. Noctuidae. Parts 1–3, Lepidopterorum Catalogus 118 (New Series). Parts 1–3, Lepidopterorum Catalogus 118 (New Series). E.J. Brill & Flora & Fauna Publications : Leiden & Gainsville. xii +1314 pp. [130]
• Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [326]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

• Caradrina maculatra Lower, O.B. 1902. Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26: 639-671 [Date published 20 May 1902: the journal issue was scheduled for 1901] [651].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA ♀, Brisbane and Mackay, QLD.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

History of changes

• Prodenia reclusa Walker, F. 1862. Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidopterous insects collected at Sarawak, in Borneo, by Mr. A.R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 6: 82-145, 171-198 [185].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM, Sarawak, [Malaysia].
• Amphipyra agrotoides Snellen, P.C.T. 1880. Lepidoptera van Celebes verzameld door Mr. M.C. Piepers, met aanteekeningen en beschrijving der nieuwe soorten. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 23: 42-138, 5 pls [77, pl. 6, fig. 6].

  Type data:

   Holotype RMNH ♂, Balangnipa, Sulawesi, [Indonesia].
• Caradrina insignifica Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1906. New Noctuidae from British New Guinea. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 191-287 [201].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Kebea Range, British New Guinea, [Papua New Guinea].
• Elydna sparna Wileman, A.E. & West, R.J. 1929. Descriptions of new species of Noctuidae. Novitates Zoologicae 35: 1-27 [9].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Klondyke, Benguet, Luzon, Philippines.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Poole, R.W. 1989. Noctuidae. Parts 1–3, Lepidopterorum Catalogus 118 (New Series). Parts 1–3, Lepidopterorum Catalogus 118 (New Series). E.J. Brill & Flora & Fauna Publications : Leiden & Gainsville. xii +1314 pp. [136]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Larvae have been recorded as feeding on Brassica sp. (Brassicaceae) and Camellia sp. (Theaceae).

History of changes

• Caradrina striolata Butler, A.G. 1886. Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Australian region. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1886(4): 381-441, pls 9-10 [393].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Viti Islands, [Fiji].
• Caradrina acallis Turner, A.J. 1903. New Australian Lepidoptera, with synonymic and other notes. Noctuidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 27: 1-26 [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♀, Brisbane, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [326]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

History of changes

• Radinogoes tenuis Butler, A.G. 1886. Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Australian region. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1886(4): 381-441, pls 9-10 [394].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Peak Downs and Rockhampton, QLD.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Larvae have been recorded as feeding on the stems of young Gossypium sp. (Malvaceae) [ANIC record].

History of changes

• Radinacra thoracica Moore, F. 1884. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London : Reeve & Co. Vol. 3 xv+578 pp., 215 pls. [31, pl. 148, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Sri Lanka [as 'Ceylon'].
• Leucocosmia ceres Butler, A.G. 1886. Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Australian region. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1886(4): 381-441, pls 9-10 [394].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Viti Islands, [Fiji].
• Caradrina euthusa Hampson, G.F. 1891. Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum. The Lepidoptera Heterocera of the Nilgiri District. London : Taylor and Francis Vol. 8 iv 144 pp., 18 pls. [15, 79, pl. 145, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Nilgiri District, [Tamil Nadu], India.
• Caradrina heliarcha Meyrick, E. 1897. Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from Australia and New Zealand. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1897: 367-390 [370].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀ ♂ (the syntypes from Brisbane prior to 1897 could not be found in the BMNH), Brisbane, QLD.
• Caradrina unipunctata Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1906. New Noctuidae from British New Guinea. Novitates Zoologicae 13: 191-287 [201].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Ekeikei, British New Guinea, [Papua New Guinea].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [326]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Larvae have been recorded as feeding on a broad range of plants, including Alnus, Betula (Betulaceae), Populus, Salix (Saliaceae), Quercus (Fagaceae), Syzygium (Myrtaceae), Portulaca (Portulacaceae), Nicotiana (Solanaceae), Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae), Camellia (Theaceae), Commelina (Commelinaceae) and Shepherdia canadensis (Elaeagnaceae).

History of changes