Genus Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816

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• Acronicta Ochsenheimer, F 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. Leipzig : Bey G. Fleischer dem Jüngern Vol. 4. [62].

  Type species:

   Phalaena leporina Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Curtis, J. 1826. British Entomology: being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. London : by the author Vol. 3 pp. Plates 99-146. [136].
• Apatele Hübner, J. 1806. Tentamen determinationis digestionis atque denomnationis singularum stirpium Lepidoptorum, peritis ad inspiciendum et dijudicandum communicatum. Augsberg. [2] pp. [[1]] [suppressed].
• Apatelae Ochsenheimer, F 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. Leipzig : Bey G. Fleischer dem Jüngern Vol. 4. [62] [unavailable name, published in synonymy].
• Triaena Hübner, J. 1818. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge [sic]. 1. Augsburg. 40 pp., pls [1]-[35] ([1808]-1818) [year of publication not confirmed] [21].

  Type species:

   Phalaena psi Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Grote, A.R. 1873. Contributions to a knowledge of North American moths. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 1: 73-94 [78].
• Apatele Hübner, J. 1818. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge [sic]. 1. Augsburg. 40 pp., pls [1]-[35] ([1808]-1818) [year of publication not confirmed] [21, 33] [unavail.].
• Hyboma Hübner, J. 1820. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. Augsburg : published by the author 431 pp. [200].

  Type species:

   Noctua strigosa Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 by subsequent designation, see Moore, F. 1884. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London : Reeve & Co. Vol. 3 xv+578 pp., 215 pls. [5].
• Jocheaera Hübner, J. 1820. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. Augsburg : published by the author 431 pp. [junior homonym of Jocheaera Bolten, 1798].

  Type species:

   Phalaena alni Linnaeus, 1767 by monotypy.
• Arctomyscis Hübner, J. 1820. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. Augsburg : published by the author 431 pp. [202].

  Type species:

   Phalaena aceris Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Butler, A.G. 1879. On the natural affinities of the Lepidoptera hitherto referred to the genus Acronycta of authors. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1879: 313-317 [315].
• Apatele Hübner, J. 1822. Systematisch-alphabetisches Verzeichniss aller bisher bey den Fürbildungen zur Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge angegebenen Gattungsbenennungen; mit Vormerkung auch augsburgischer Gattungen. Augsburg : Hübner vi 81 pp. [21, 28].

  Type species:

   Phalaena leporina Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Westwood, J.O. 1840. Synopsis of the Genera of British Insects. London : Spottiswoode 158 pp. [95].
• Acronycta Treitschke, G.F. in Ochsenheimer, F. 1825. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. Leipzig : Bey G. Fleischer dem Jüngern Vol. 5(1). [Date published October 18] [3] [emendation].
• Cometa Sodoffsky, [Sodovskii] C.H.W. 1837. Etymologische Untersuchungen ueber die Gattungsnamen der Schmetterlinge. Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes de Moscou 1837(6): [76]-[99] (separate paginated 1, 4-24) [85] [replacement name for Acronycta Treitschke, 1825].

  Type species:

   Phalaena leporina Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Curtis, J. 1826. British Entomology: being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. London : by the author Vol. 3 pp. Plates 99-146. [136].
• Semaphora Guenée, A. 1841. Essay sur la classification de Noctuelides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 10: 217-250 [235].

  Type species:

   Phalaena psi Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Nye, I.W.B. 1975. Noctuoidea (part): Noctuidae, Agaristidae, and Nolidae. In, Nye, I.W.B. (ed.). The Generic Names of Moths of the World. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 568 pp. frontispiece. [488].
• Sematophora Agassiz, J.L.R. 1846. [1842-1847]. Nomenclatoris Zoologici, continens nomina systematica generum Animalium tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita, adjectis auctoribus, libris in quibus reperiuntor, anno editionis, etymologia, et familis, ad quas pertinent, in variis classibus. (Lepidoptera). Soloduri : Jent et Gassmann pp. Fasc. 9-10 [1846]; (Index universalis). 12 [1847] viii+393. [338] [emendation].
• Microcoelia Guenée, A. 1852. Noctuélites I. In, Boisduval, J.-A. & Guenée, A. (eds). Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Species Général des Lépidoptères. Paris : Librarie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 5 xcvi, 407 pp. [33].

  Type species:

   Microcoelia fragilis Guenée, 1852 by subsequent designation, see Grote, A.R. 1874. List of the Noctuidae of North America. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 2: 1-77, 1 pl. [9].
• Megacronycta Grote, A.R. 1873. Contributions to a knowledge of North American moths. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 1: 73-94 [79].

  Type species:

   Phalaena hastulifera Smith, 1797 by original designation.
• Lepitoreuma Grote, A.R. 1873. Contributions to a knowledge of North American moths. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 1: 73-94 [80].

  Type species:

   Acronycta ovata Grote, 1873 by original designation.
• Eulonche Grote, A.R. 1873. Contributions to a knowledge of North American moths. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 1: 73-94 [81].

  Type species:

   Phalaena oblinita Smith, 1797 by original designation.
• Plataplecta 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 [195].

  Type species:

   Polia soluta Walker, 1865 by original designation.
• Mastiphanes Grote, A.R. 1882. New Checklist of North American Moths. [no publisher listed]. 73 pp. [23].

  Type species:

   Acronycta xylinoides Guenée, 1852 by subsequent designation, see Grote, A.R. 1895. List of North American Eupterotidae, Ptilodontidae, Thyatiridae, Apatelidae and Agrotidae. Abhandlungen Herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein zu Bremen 14: 43-128 [55].
• Viminia Chapman 1890. The genus Acronycta and its allies. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 1: 1-4, 26-29, 74-84, 145-150, 193-201, 221-228 [26].

  Type species:

   Phalaena rumicis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Chapman 1890. The genus Acronycta and its allies. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 1: 1-4, 26-29, 74-84, 145-150, 193-201, 221-228 [221].
• Cuspidia Chapman 1890. The genus Acronycta and its allies. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 1: 1-4, 26-29, 74-84, 145-150, 193-201, 221-228 [27].

  Type species:

   Phalaena psi Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Butler, A.G. 1891. Concerning Dr. Chapman's divisions of the genus Acronycta (auct.). The Entomologist 24: 111-112 [111].
• Pseudepunda Butler, A.G. 1890. Further notes on the synonymy of the genera of Noctuites. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1890(4): 653-691 [672].

  Type species:

   Acronycta bicolor Moore, 1881 by original designation.
• Tricholonche Grote, A.R. 1896. Die Apateliden. Mitteilungen aus dem Roemer-Museum, Hildesheim 3: 1-18 [6, 16].

  Type species:

   Acronycta afflicta Grote, 1864 by original designation.
• Philorgyia Grote, A.R. 1896. Die Apateliden. Mitteilungen aus dem Roemer-Museum, Hildesheim 3: 1-18 [6, 17].

  Type species:

   Acronycta luteicoma Grote & Robinson, 1870 by original designation.
• Chamaepora Warren, W. 1909. 2. Family: Noctuidae. pp. 9-508 in Seitz, A. (ed.). The Macrolepidoptera of the World. I. Section: The Macrolepidoptera of the Palearctic Region. 3. Volume: The Noctuid Moths. Stuttgart : Alfred Kernen Verlag iii+511 pp., 75 pls. [16] [junior objective synonym].

  Type species:

   Phalaena rumicis Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Subacronicta Kozhanchikov, I. 1950. Fauna USSR. Nacekomie Chesuekrilie [Insecta Lepidoptera]. Moskva & Leningrad : Zoologicheskii Institut Akademii Nauk SSSR Vol. 12 581 pp. [456].

  Type species:

   Noctua megacephala Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Nye, I.W.B. 1975. Noctuoidea (part): Noctuidae, Agaristidae, and Nolidae. In, Nye, I.W.B. (ed.). The Generic Names of Moths of the World. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 568 pp. frontispiece. [22]
• 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. [21]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

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