Genus Athetis Hübner, 1821

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• 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 and IMCRA regions

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

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