Owlet Moth

Le genre Noctua regroupe des lépidoptères (papillons) nocturnes de la famille des Noctuidae, sous-famille des Noctuinae, tribu des Noctuini, sous-tribu des Noctuina. Dénomination Le genre Noctua a été décrit par le naturaliste suédois Carl von Linné en 1758. L'espèce de référence pour le genre est Noctua pronuba (Linné, 1758) Synonymie Noctuella (Rafinesque, 1815) Nyctemia (Rafinesque, 1815) Triphaena (Ochsenheimer, 1816) Lampra (Hübner, 1821) Euschesis (Hübner, 1821) Xanthoptera (Sodoffsky, 1837) Paranoctua (Beck, Kobes & Ahola, 1993) Latanoctua (Beck, Kobes & Ahola, 1993)…

The Noctuidae, commonly known as noctuid moths or owlet moths, and their caterpillars as cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most difficult family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because the classification of many of the clades is constantly changing with new research, along with that of other families of the 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.

Noctua es un género de lepidópteros. Las alas anteriores son de colores opacos, crípticos y a menudo las posteriores tienen diseños brillantes que permanecen ocultos durante el reposo. Son buenos voladores.