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Checklist of Superfamily Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809 (Moths)
for Micronesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
340
2489
5238
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
340
2489
5238
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
323
2429
5131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
199
1824
4001
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
39
486
717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
39
486
717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
39
486
717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
19
372
575
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
17
339
504
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Noctuoidea
Latreille, 1809
Moths, Owlet moths
6
111
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Micronesia
6 Families width 148 Species and 5 Subspecies
Erebidae Leach, 1815Erebid Moths103SpeciesTaxom
Noctuidae Latreille, 1809Armyworms31SpeciesTaxom
Euteliidae Grote, 1882Euteliid Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Nolidae Hampson, 1894Hatted Caterpillars4SpeciesTaxom
Notodontidae Stephens, 1829Bag Shelter Moths6SpeciesTaxom
Micronoctuidae Fibiger, 20052SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Micronesia
110 Genera with 148 Species
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Achaea Hübner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Acontia Ochsenheimer, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Aethria Hübner, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Agape Felder, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Alypia Hübner, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Amastus Walker, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Amata Fabricius, 17872SpeciesTaxom
Amerila Walker, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Amyna Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Anomis Hubner, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Antiblemma Huebner, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Anua Walker, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Anuga Guenée, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Arctornis Germar, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Areas Walker, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Argina Hübner, 17731SpeciesTaxom
Aroa Walker, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Ascalapha Hübner, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Asota Hübner, 19013SpeciesTaxom
Asura Walker, 1900Tiger Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Athetis Hübner, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Balacra Walker, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Bastilla Swinhoe, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Blenina Walker, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Boalda Schaus, 01SpeciesTaxom
Bocana Walker, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Calliteara Butler, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Callopistria Hübner, 1929Fern Moths2SpeciesTaxom
Calyptronotum Roepke, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Carriola Swinhoe, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Catephia Ochsenheimer, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Catocala Schrank, 0Underwing moths1SpeciesTaxom
Ceryx Wallengren, 1780Orange Spotted Tiger Moths1SpeciesTaxom
Chalciope Hübner, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Chasmina Walker, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Chrysodeixis Hübner, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Chrysopera Hampson, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Composia Hübner, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Condica Walker, 1852Groundlings And Allies1SpeciesTaxom
Creatonotos Hübner, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Cyana Walker, 18624SpeciesTaxom
Daddala Walker, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Diastema Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Dichromia Guenée, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Diehlea Kobes, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Earias Hübner, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Episteme Hübner, 18321SpeciesTaxom
Ericeia Walker, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Eublemma Hübner, 17943SpeciesTaxom
Euchromia Hübner, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Eudocima Billberg, 17632SpeciesTaxom
Euplocia Hübner, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Flax Fibiger, 20112SpeciesTaxom
Gesonia Walker, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Grammia Rambur, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Halone Walker, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Hamodes Guenée, 18303SpeciesTaxom
Helicoverpa Hardwick, 18093SpeciesTaxom
Homodes Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Hulodes Guenée, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Hyalurga Hübner, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Hypospila Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ilattia Walker, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ilema Moore, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Ischyja Hübner, 20053SpeciesTaxom
Kamalia Kocak & Kemal, 01SpeciesTaxom
Lacera Guenée, 17943SpeciesTaxom
Lemyra Walker, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Leptosia Hübner, 1793Psyche1SpeciesTaxom
Lobobasis Hampson, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Lophoptera Guenée, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Loxophlebia Martynov, 19353SpeciesTaxom
Lymantria Hübner, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Masca Walker, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Metaemene Hampson, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Mocis Hübner, 20002SpeciesTaxom
Mythimna Ochsenheimer, 18822SpeciesTaxom
Nechesia Walker, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Norraca Moore, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Numenes Walker, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Nyctemera Hübner, 1887Leptosomas6SpeciesTaxom
Olepa Watson, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Ommatophora Guenée, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Oxacme Hampson, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Oxyodes Guenée, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Pandesma Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Paracles Walker, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Paracrama Moore, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Parallelia Hübner, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pareuchaetes Grote, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Phoenicoprocta Druce, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Pindara Moore, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Platyja Hübner, 17801SpeciesTaxom
Polydesma Boisduval, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Quadricalcarifera Turner, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Remigia Hübner, 18292SpeciesTaxom
Schrankia Hübner, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Sericia Guenée, 17803SpeciesTaxom
Speiredonia Hübner, 17803SpeciesTaxom
Spirama Guenée, 17642SpeciesTaxom
Spodoptera Guenée, 1830Armyworm Moths4SpeciesTaxom
Stictoptera Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Sympis Guenée, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Syntypistis Turner, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Thyas Hübner, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Tiracola Moore, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Tortricosia Hampson, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Utetheisa Hübner, 1907Rattlebox moths2SpeciesTaxom
Virbia Walker, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Zurobata Walker, 18641SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Micronesia
148 Species and 5 Subspecies
Achaea janata Linnaeus, 1758Caster oil looper
Acontia (Emmelia) subnotha Hacker, Legr..., 2010
Aethria splendens Jörgensen, 1935
Agape chloropyga Walker, 1854
Alypia octomaculata matuta H. Edwards, 1883
Amastus edaphus Dyar, 1913
Amata huebneri Boisduval, 1829Wasp Moth
Amata sperbius Fabricius, 1787
Amerila astreus Drury, 1773
Amyna axis (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Ilattia axis Guenée, 1852
Anomis figlina Butler, 1889
Antiblemma odontozona Hampson, 1926
Anua coronata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ 
Arctornis phrika Collenette, 1932
Areas galactina Hoev., 1840
Argina astrea Drury, 1773Crotalaria pod borer
Aroa scytodes Collenette, 1932
Ascalapha odorata Linnaeus, 1758Black Witch
Asota caricae Fabricius, 1775Tropical Tiger Moth
Asota plana Walker, 1854
Asota spadix Swinhoe, 1901
Asura fulguritis Hampson, 1900
Athetis thoracica Moore, 1884Cutworm
Balacra laureola Druce, 1910
Blenina malachitis Hampson, 1905
Boalda poguei Goldstein, 0
Bocana manifestalis Walker, 1859Moth
Calliteara horsfieldii Saunders, 1851Horsfield's tussock moth
Callopistria meridionalis (Collenette, 1929)⇒ Callopistria maillardi Guenée, 1862
Calyptronotum singapura Gaede, 1930
Carriola ecnomoda Swinhoe, 1907
Catephia hieratica Hampson, 1926
Catephia pericyma Hampson, 1916
Catocala actaea actaea
Ceryx imaon (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Ceryx godartii Boisduval, 1829
Chalciope mygdon Cramer, 1777
Chasmina candida Walker, 1865
Chrysodeixis (Chrysodeixis) chalcites Esper, 1789Golden Twin-spot
Chrysodeixis (Chrysodeixis) eriosoma Doubleday, 1843Cabbage semi-looper
Chrysopera combinans Walker, 1857
Composia fidelissima vagrans Bates, 1933
Condica capensis Guenée, 1852African
Creatonotos (Phissama) transiens Walker, 1855
Cyana costifimbria Walker, 1862
Cyana determinata Walker, 1862
Cyana hamata Walker, 1854
Cyana pudens Walker, 1862
Daddala brevicauda Wileman & South, 1921
Diastema tigris Guenée, 1852Lantana Control Moth
Dichromia quinqualis Walker, 1859
Diehlea tumida Hampson, 1905
Earias flavida Felder, 1861
Episteme vetula Geyer, 1832
Ericeia certilinea (Prout, 1929)⇒ Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Ericeia levuensis (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Ericeia inangulata Guenée, 1852
Eublemma crassiuscula Walker, 1864
Eublemma dimidialis Fabricius, 1794
Euchromia creusa Linnaeus, 1758
Euchromia elegantissima (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Euchromia polymena Linnaeus, 1758
Euchromia superposita (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Euchromia cyanitis Meyrick, 1889
Eudocima (Eudocima) salaminia Cramer, 1777Fruit-piercing moth
Eudocima (Othreis) phalonia Linnaeus, 1763
Euplocia membliaria Cramer-Stoll., 1780Dusky Dancer
Flax micronesia Fibiger, 2011
Flax palaui Fibiger, 2011
Gesonia obeditalis Walker, 1859
Grammia oithona (Strecker, 1878)⇒ Grammia phyllira Drury, 1773
Halone ariadna Bucsek, 2012
Hamodes aurantiaca (Boisduval, 1832)⇒ Hamodes propitia Guérin, 1830
Hamodes marginata (Boisduval, 1832)⇒ Hamodes propitia Guérin, 1830
Hamodes propitia Guérin, 1830
Helicoverpa armigera Hübner, 1805African cotton bollworm
Helicoverpa armigera commoni Hardwick, 1965
Helicoverpa commoni (Hübner, 1809)⇒ Helicoverpa armigera Hübner, 1805
Homodes crocea Guenée, 1852Emerald Aguna
Hulodes caranea Cramer, 1780
Hyalurga leucophlebia Hering, 1925
Hypospila bolinoides Guenée, 1852
Ilattia axis Guenée, 1852
Ilema costalis Walker, 1855
Ischyja manlia Cramer, 1776
Ischyja marapok Holloway, 2005
Kamalia malayana
Lacera alope Cramer, 1780
Lacera capella (Guenée, 1852)⇒ Lacera noctilio Fabricius, 1794
Lacera noctilio Fabricius, 1794
Lemyra (Thyrgorina) alikangensis Strand, 1915
Leptosia nina Fabricius, 1793Black-spotted White
Lobobasis niveimaculata Hampson, 1896
Lophoptera phaeobasis Hampson, 1905
Loxophlebia berberoi Jörgensen, 1935
Loxophlebia ducallis Jörgensen, 1935
Loxophlebia schrollei Jörgensen, 1935
Lymantria (Spinotria) serva Fabricius, 1793Crescent-moon tussock moth
Masca abactalis Walker, 1858
Metaemene atrigutta Walker, 1862
Mocis proverai Zilli, 2000
Mythimna (Morphopoliana) plantei Hreblay & Yo..., 1995
Mythimna (Mythimna) sinuosa Moore, 1882
Nechesia albotentata Walker, 1862
Norraca longipennis Moore, 1881
Numenes contrahens Walker, 1862
Numenes contrahens delta Strand, 1915
Nyctemera (Coleta) coleta Cramer, 1781Marbled white moth
Nyctemera (Nyctemera) baulus Boisduval, 1832Magpie Moth
Nyctemera (Orphanos) adversata Schaller, 1788
Nyctemera angalensis Matsumura, 1930
Nyctemera avitta (Swinhoe, 1892)⇒ Utetheisa aegrotum Swinhoe, 1892
Nyctemera burica (Butler, 1887)⇒ Nyctemera angalensis Matsumura, 1930
Olepa ricini Fabricius, 1775
Ommatophora luminosa Stoll, 1780
Oxacme umbrodorsum Holloway, 2001
Oxyodes scrobiculata (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Oxyodes tricolor Guenée, 1852
Pandesma quenavadi Guenée, 1852
Paracles emerita Schaus, 1933
Paracles palustris Jörgensen, 1935
Paracrama dulcissima Walker, 1864
Parallelia onelia Guenée, 1852
Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata Rego Barros, 1956
Phoenicoprocta schreiteri Jörgensen, 1935
Pindara illibata Fabricius, 1775
Platyja umminia Cramer, 1780
Polydesma umbricola Boisduval, 1833Monkeypod Moth
Quadricalcarifera pryeri (Leech, 1889)⇒ Syntypistis pryeri Leech, 1889
Remigia mayeri (Boisduval, 1834)⇒ Mocis mayeri Boisduval, 1833
Remigia trifasciata Stephens, 1829
Sericia diops (Walker, 1857)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Sericia layardi (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Sericia sumbana (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Speiredonia obscura Cramer, 1780
Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Speiredonia zamis (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Spirama obscura (Cramer, 1780)⇒ Speiredonia sandokana Zilli & Holl..., 2005
Spirama retorta Clerck, 1764Indian Owlet-moth
Spodoptera evanescens (Butler, 1884)⇒ Spodoptera litura Fabricius, 1775
Spodoptera litura Fabricius, 1775Armyworm
Spodoptera mauritia Boisduval, 1833Grass armyworm
Spodoptera picta Guérin-Ménev..., 1830Lily Caterpillar
Stictoptera cucullioides Guenée, 1852Moth
Sympis rufibasis Guenée, 1852
Syntypistis comatus Leech, 1898
Thyas regia (Lucas, 1894)⇒ 
Tiracola plagiata Walker, 1857Androng caterpillar
Tortricosia excisa Hampson, 1900
Utetheisa (Utetheisa) pulchella (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Utetheisa callima Linnaeus, 1758
Utetheisa (Utetheisa) pulchelloides Hampson, 1907Crimson Spotted Moth
Virbia schadei Jörgensen, 1935
Zurobata intractata Walker, 1864

Subnodes of Noctuoidea with occurrences in Micronesia
FamilyErebidae
Leach, 1815
Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths, Underwings, Wasp Moths
75
103
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEuteliidae
Grote, 1882
Euteliid Moths
3
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMicronoctuidae
Fibiger in Fibiger & Lafonteine, 2005
1
2
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNoctuidae
Latreille, 1809
Armyworms, Cutworm Moths And Allies, Cutworms, Dagger moths, Miller Moths, Noctuid moths, Owlet Moths, Underwing moths, Underwings
22
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNolidae
Hampson, 1894
Hatted Caterpillars, Nolid moths, Tuft moths, Tufted Moths
4
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNotodontidae
Stephens, 1829
Bag Shelter Moths, Kitten moths, Kittens, Notodontid moths, Processionary Caterpillars, Prominent Moths, Prominents
6
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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