Agrotis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

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Familia: Noctuidae
Subfamilia: Noctuinae
Tribus: Noctuini
Subtribus: Agrotina
Genus: Agrotis
Subgenera: A. (Agrotis) - A. (Powellinia)

Name

Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1816

Type species: Noctua segetum Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

Synonyms

• Agrotis Hübner, 1806; (rejected)
• Scotia Hübner, [1821
• Agronoma Hübner, [1821
• Georyx Hübner, [1821]
• Noctua Boisduval, 1829 (preocc.)
• Psammophila Stephens, 1850 (preocc. Brown, 1827)
• Elegarda Walker, 1865
• Tetrapyrgia Walker, 1865
• Comophorus Alphéraky, 1887 (preocc. Agassiz, 1848
• Porosagrotis Smith, 1890
• Lycophorus Staudinger, 1901; in Staudinger & Rebel, (repl. Comophorus Alphéraky, 1887)
• Mesembreuxoa Hampson, 1903
• Neosema Rebel, 1907
• Brachypteragrotis Viette, 1959
• Hermonassoides Strand, 1915
• Crassagrotis Beck, 1991
• Putagrotis Beck, 1991
• Leucagrotis Beck, 1991
• Militagrotis Beck, 1991
• Striagrotis Beck, 1996
• Exagrotis Beck, 1996; (repl. Noctua Boisduval, 1828
• Ripagrotis Beck, 1996; (repl. Psammophila Stephens, [1850])
• Schawagrotis Beck, 1996
• Spinagrotis Beck, 1996

References

• Behounek, G. & W. Speidel, 2009: Eine neue Agrotis-art von Cabo Verde: Agrotis (Powellinia) aistleitneri sp. n. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Entomofauna 0030: 121-128.
• Brandstetter, J., 2010: Beschreibung einer neuen art der gattung Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1816 aus Zypern (Leptidoptera: Noctuidae). Atalanta 41 (1/2): 285-288.
• ICZN 1966: Opinion 789. Rejection of the pamphlet by J. Hübner, 1808, entitled Erste Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 23(5): 213-220. ISSN: 0007-5167 BioStor
• Léon, C.A. ; A.O. Angulo & T.S. Olivares, 2010: Three new and a little-known species of the genus Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologica 38 (151): 329-336.