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Cutworm Moths and Allies
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, is the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of its clades are constantly changing, along with the other families of Noctuoidea. It was considered the largest family in Lepidoptera for a long time, but after regrouping Lymantriinae, Catocalinae and Calpinae within the family Erebidae, the latter holds this title now. Currently, Noctuidae is the second largest family in Noctuoidea, with about 1,089 genera...
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
Cutworms and Dart Moths
subfamilyNoctuinae
Acronictinae
subfamilyAcronictinae
Plusiine Looper Moths
subfamilyPlusiinae
Heliothinae
subfamilyHeliothinae
Amphipyrinae
subfamilyAmphipyrinae
Eustrotiinae
subfamilyEustrotiinae
Acontiinae
subfamilyAcontiinae
Forester Moths
subfamilyAgaristinae
Condicinae
subfamilyCondicinae
Cuculliinae
subfamilyCuculliinae
Pantheinae
subfamilyPantheinae
Oncocnemidinae
subfamilyOncocnemidinae
Aediinae
subfamilyAediinae
Bagisarinae
subfamilyBagisarinae
Dyopsinae
subfamilyDyopsinae
Cobubathinae
subfamilyCobubathinae
Stiriinae
subfamilyStiriinae
Metoponiinae
subfamilyMetoponiinae
Raphiinae
subfamilyRaphiinae
Balsinae
subfamilyBalsinae
Elusa
genusElusa
Dilobinae
subfamilyDilobinae
Grotellinae
subfamilyGrotellinae
Cropiinae
subfamilyCropiinae
Discibocome
genusDiscibocome
Longalatedes
genusLongalatedes
Nyctycia
genusNyctycia
Safidia
genusSafidia
Copibryophila
genusCopibryophila
Licha
genusLicha
Platyprosopa
genusPlatyprosopa
Hyalobole
genusHyalobole
Micardia
genusMicardia
Hypostrotia
genusHypostrotia
Peperita
genusPeperita
Echanella
genusEchanella
Nyssocnemis
genusNyssocnemis
Butleronea
genusButleronea
Homolagoa
genusHomolagoa
Protoseudyra
genusProtoseudyra
Plusidia
genusPlusidia
Thraumata
genusThraumata
Fracara
genusFracara
Eremohadena
genusEremohadena
Gerarctia
genusGerarctia
Micromonodes
genusMicromonodes
Paromphale
genusParomphale
Margelana
genusMargelana
Praestilbia
genusPraestilbia
Chalenata
genusChalenata
Ateneria
genusAteneria
Prospalta
genusProspalta
Paranataelia
genusParanataelia
Eucocytiinae
subfamilyEucocytiinae
Plexiphleps
genusPlexiphleps
Haplopseustis
genusHaplopseustis
Himerois
genusHimerois
Scythocentropus
genusScythocentropus
Opsyra
genusOpsyra
Pygopteryx
genusPygopteryx
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48670.