Paracroria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Noctuidae
Subfamilia: Acontiinae
Genus: Paracroria
Species: P. griseocincta – P. lignosa – P. major – P. milloti – P. miombo – P. niger – P. oromia – P. pulcherima – P. rufocastanea – P. sahelica

Name

Paracroria Hampson, 1908

Type species: Xanthoptera griseocincta George Francis Hampson, 1902.

Placed in Acontiinae by D. Lees & J. Minet (2022: 1166)

References

Primary references

• Hampson, G.F. 1908. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume VII: Noctuidae: Acronyctinae pt. 1. Trustees of the British Museum, London; xvi + 709 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hacker, H.H., Fiebig, R., Goater, B., Schreier, H.P. & Stadie, D. 2022. Acontiinae (Noctuidae) (Including Aediini Beck, 1960, based on traditional treatment) - In H. H. Hacker (ed.): Moths of Africa. Systematic and Illustrated Catalogue of the Heterocera of Africa, volume 3: 1–696. Bad Staffelstein. Reference page. 
• Saldaitis, A., Prozorov, A.M., Junnila, A., Petrányi, G., Yakovlev, R.V., Tujuba, T.F., Traore, M.M., Müller, G.C. & Dûda, J. 2025. Notes on the African genus Paracroria (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), with three new species descriptions. Integrative Systematics 8(1): 93–116. DOI: 10.18476/2025.146467 . . Reference page.