Tribe Hadenini

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Introduction

[After Edwards 1996: 328]
The Hadeninae of the world were revised Hampson (1905) and the Indoaustralian species in Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World by Warren (1912-13). The Australian species were revised by Turner (1920) (as Maelanchrinae). Many of the genera in northern Australia occur widely overseas and so Calora (1966) on the Philippine species of Mythimna Ochsenheimer and Holloway (1989) on the Borneo species are useful publications. Small groups in Australia have been revised by Common (1965) (Mythimna (Pseudaletia Franclemont)) and Edwards (1992) (Leucania (Acantholeucania Rungs)).

Australia has a small fauna of Hadeninae with a distinct northern element with genera shared widely overseas and a southern element of endemic genera. Several species are prest of crops, Persectania ewingii (Westwood), Mythimna convecta (Walker) and Leucania stenographa Lower amongst others.

General References

Calora, F.B. 1966. A revision of the species of the Leucania-complex occuring in the Philippines (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Hadeninae). Philippine Journal of Agriculture 50: 633-723

Common, I.F.B. 1954. The Australian armyworms of the genus Persectania (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 2: 86-99, 1 pl

Common, I.F.B. 1965. The identity and distribution of species of Pseudaletia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Australia. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 4: 14-17

Edwards, E.D. 1992. A second sugarcane armyworm (Leucania loreyi (Duponchel)) from Australia and the identity of Leucania loreyimima Rungs (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 31: 105-108

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. [293]

Hampson, G.F. 1905. 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. 5 xvi 634 pp.

Holloway, J.D. 1989. The Moths of Borneo (part 12): family Noctuidae: trifine subfamilies: Noctuinae, Heliothinae, Hadeninae, Acronictinae, Amphipyrinae, Agaristidae. Kuala Lumpur : Malayan Nature Society Part 12 57-226 pp., 404 figs, 8 pls.

Turner, A.J. 1920. Revision of the Australian Noctuidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 44: 120-189

Warren, W. 1913. Hadeninae. 67-105, pls 9-13 in Seitz, A. (ed.). [1912-1913]. The Macrolepidoptera of the World. The Macrolepidoptera of the Indo-Australian Fauna. 11. Noctuiform Phalaenae. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag ii+488 pp, 56 pls.

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