L.

B.AA .

Zi C

Fig.

1. Seydelia celsicola Toulgoet, paratype (^, Rwanda. See Seydelia Kiriakoff, 1952.

2. Sphinx eagrus Cramer, $, Honduras. See Dinia Walker, 1854.

3. Hysia delecta Butler, holotype J", Brazil. See Hypatia Kirby, 1892.

4. Cercophora urophora Herrich-Schaffer, Brazil. See Cercophora Herrich-Schaffer, [1855].

5. Herrich-Schaffer, (J, Brazil. See Sutonocrea Sutler, 1876.

6. Zagaris crassa Felder, J', South Africa. See Zagaris Walker, 1855.

7. Phalaena altrix Stoll, $, Brazil. See Tifatna Walker, 1855.

8. Halysidota aenone Butler, Brazil. See Syntarctia Hampson, 1901.

9. Centronia rejecta Geyer, Brazil. See Phavaraea Walker, 1854.

10. Phalaena micilia Cramer, Guyana. See Agyrta Hubner, [1820].

11. Antichloris phemonoides Moschler, Brazil. See Passineum Butler, 1876.

12. Scena propylea Druce, Mexico. See Scena Walker, 1854.

The black line under each figure represents the natural size of the moth,

from the centre of its thorax to the apex of its forewing.

The Generic Names of

Moths of the World

Edited by I. W. B. Nye

Volume 2

Noctuoidea (part) :

Arctiidae Lymantriidae

Cocytiidae Notodontidae

Ctenuchidae Strepsimanidae

Dilobidae Thaumetopoeidae

Dioptidae Thyretidae

By Allan Watson, D. S. Fletcher

and I. W. B. Nye

British Museum (Natural History)

Trustees of the

British Museum (Natural History)

London 1980

Publication Number 811

ISBN 0 565 00811 0

Computer composed and phototypeset by Unwin Brothers Limited

The Gresham Press, Old Woking, Surrey, England

This volume should preferably be cited as:

Watson, A., Fletcher, D. S. & Nye, I. W. B., 1980, in Nye, I. W. B.

[Ed.], The Generic Names of Moths of the World, volume 2

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

The generic names of moths of the world Vol. 2: Noctuoidea

(part).

T Moths — Nomenclature

I. Watson, Allan II. Fletcher, David Stephen

III. Nye, Ian William Beresford

595.7'81'012 QL545

ISBN 0-565-00811-0

Editor’s preface

In the whole of the Animal Kingdom about 290 000 genus-group names have been used and of these

nearly 10% have been applied to moths and butterflies. It is intended to catalogue all of the

24 000 moth names in the following volumes which have either already been published or are in

preparation.

The Generic Names of Moths of the World

Edited by I. W. B. Nye

VOLUME 1 by I. W. B. Nye (published 11th December 1975)

Superfamily NOCTUOIDEA (part) AGARISTIDAE NOLIDAE

NOCTUIDAE

iv

GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

VOLUME 5 (in preparation by D. S.

Suborder DITRYSIA (part)

VOLUME 6 (in preparation by I. W,

Suborder DITRYSIA (part)

Suborder INCURVARIINA

Suborder NANNOLEPIDOPTERA

Suborder EXOPORIA

Suborder DACNONYPHA

Suborder AGLOSSATA

Suborder ZEUGLOPTERA

Fletcher, I. W. B. Nye and S.

Superfamilies

B. Nye, D. S. Fletcher and S.

Superfamilies

Superfamily

Superfamilies

Superfamily

H. Halsey)

PYRALOIDEA

ALUCITOIDEA

H. Halsey)

GELECHIOIDEA

YPONOMEUTOIDEA

TINEOIDEA

TORTRICOIDEA

INCURVARIOIDEA

NEPTICULOIDEA

HEPIALOIDEA

MNESARCHAEOIDEA

ERIOCRANIOIDEA

NEOPSEUSTOIDEA

AGATHIPHAGOIDEA

MICROPTERIGOIDEA

Contents

Page

Editor’s preface iii

Synopsis vii

Aim, scope and style vii

Form of entries . , . . . vii

Sequence vii

References vii

Dates ............ vii

Type-localities .......... vii

Unavailable names viii

Homonymy viii

Misidentified type-species ix

Family-group names ix

Acknowledgements .......... xi

Additions to The Generic Names of Moths of the World, volume 1 . . xi

Summary of inter-family transferences . . . . . . xiii

Summary of new names and new taxa established . . . . xiii

Alphabetical catalogue of genus-group names ..... 1

Symbols used ........... 1

Abbreviations used for family-group names ..... 1

Catalogue 1

Index to species-group names 206

Synopsis

The genus-group names of the families Cocytiidae, Arctiidae, Ctenuchidae, Lymantriidae, Noto-

dontidae, Strepsimanidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Dioptidae, Thyretidae and Dilobidae are listed with their

type-species and original bibliographical references. The means of fixation of each type-species together

with its type-locality is given. The catalogue includes among its 3650 entries, 93 noctuid and agaristid

names supplementary to volume I of this series. New genus-group names are established for 46 junior

homonyms for which no replacement name could be found and two new nominal genera are established.

One new replacement name is established for a type-species. Type-species are designated for 24 genera

for which no previous type-species fixation could be found, and 27 genera have been transferred to other

families.

Aim, Scope and Style

The aim, scope and style of this catalogue are closely similar to those defined in the first volume of this

series. However, it has now been possible to include all relevant names contained in the Zoological Record

up to and including volume 112 published in 1979, together with names from recent works that have

come to our notice up to the end of 1979.

Each nomenclaturally available generic name has been objectively defined by linking it with its valid

type-species designation, determined according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

(Edn 2), 1964, with amendments, 1974, Bull, zool Nom. 31: 77-89. Invalid and incorrect designations of

type-species which antedate the valid designation are listed and the reasons for their rejection are given.

Subjective synonymy of genus-group names has not been included, except in the case of: {a) a junior

homonym having no objective replacement name, or (b) two or more genera having type-species which

are subjectively synonymous; such genus-group names have been cross-referenced by the phrase ‘See also

Genus Author, date’. Where the type-species of a genus is a junior subjective synonym, its senior sub-

jective synonym and reference are also included.

Several cases of generic homonymy and objective synonymy have been revealed during the course of

this study, such as the use of identical generic names for different taxa in the Diptera and Lepidoptera

{Anthomyza Fallen, 1810, and Antliomyza Swainson, 1833). Hitherto wrongly accepted type-species have

resulted in, for example, the association of the generic name Antarctia Hiibner, [1820], with species of

Arctiidae although the originally included species lacked a single arctiid. It is hoped that disentangle-

rnent of problems such as these will contribute towards stability in the nomenclature of the Lepidop-

tera.

Form of Entries

Sequence

The catalogue is arranged alphabetically. Junior homonyms, junior objective synonyms and names

not nomenclaturally available are listed chronologically under their potentially valid name, and are also

cross-referenced in the main alphabetic sequence.

Reeerences

The bibliographical source of every generic and specific name has been checked.

Abbreviations of journals follow those of the World List of Scientific Periodicals (Edn 4), 1963-1965.

The titles of books and other works are abbreviated as though they were journals, using the ‘Select List

of Abbreviations Used’ in volume 3 of the World List.

The term Commission refers to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature and the

term Code refers to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Edn 2), 1964, with amendments

1974, Bull. zool. Nom. 31: 77-89.

Dates

Following Recommendation 22A of the Code, dates of publication have been cited in square brackets

if they have been determined from external evidence, and in parenthesis if determined from evidence in

the volume itself. These dates have usually been followed by those printed on the title-page to assist in

finding the work in library catalogues.

Dates of publication given in Sherborn’s Index Animalium and in the Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts,

Maps and Drawings in the British Museum {Natural History) have been followed unless bibliographical

research has shown that changes should be made.

Type-localities

The stated place of origin of the type-material is that given in the original description of a type-species.

Minor misspellings have been corrected, and where foreign spellings differ little from the English

GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

viii

Comparative table of family-group name usages:

spelling, e.g., Brasil (Portuguese spelling) and Brazil (English spelling), these also have been cited in

their English form. In all other instances square brackets have been used to enclose the present

correct name for a locality, which is then followed by the originally cited name of the locality,

for example, ‘[Ambon I.] Amboina’ or ‘[Sulawesi] Celebes’, but modern interpretations have not been

given for originally stated localities such as ‘Congo’ which comprise more than one present-day African

state. Square brackets are used also to add information not stated in the original description, for

example in the entry ‘[Malawi]: Ewambo’ where we have located the originally cited Fwambo as a

village or town in the African state of Malawi. When localities such as ‘Rio Grande’

have been given in the original description and there is no indication in the paper or book as a whole as

to the country of origin of the type-series, inferences have been drawn from the place of capture of

specimens judged to be conspecific with the type-series or from the known distribution of species

congeneric with the type-species. Such localities are cited, for example, as ‘[South America] : tropical’ or

other appropriate entry. A type-locality originally given as ‘E. Indiis’ presents a particular problem

because the type-species in question may occur both in eastern India and in the islands of South East

Asia (the East Indies). The spellings of modern names follow those used in The Times Atlas of the World

(Edn 5), 1975.

Unavailable names

Unavailable names (names that are not nomenclaturally available under the rules of the Code) are

preceded by a double dagger (J) and reasons for their rejection are given.

Names recorded in Neave, Nomenclator zoologicus as ‘(pro A-us Author, date)’ usually lack positive

indication as to whether the names are misspellings without nomenclatural availability or whether they

are emendations with nomenclatural availability. All such entries have been checked and the correct

status given.

Homonymy

Names that have been proposed expressly to replace junior homonyms, and junior objective synonyms

that have been used for the same purpose, are referred to in this catalogue as objective replacement

GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

IX

Arcthdae and Ctenuchidae

names. Junior subjective synonyms used to replace preoccupied senior synonyms are referred to as

subjective replacement names.

Generic names that are junior homonyms have been placed, wherever possible, under their objective

replacement names. Some generic homonyms were found to have no objective synonyms but it has been

possible to place these as subjective synonyms of other genera by finding, in each case, a genus whose

type-species we consider to be congeneric with that of the homonymous genus. There remained, how-

ever, 46 for which there was neither an objective nor a subjective replacement name; new names have

therefore been proposed for these homonyms. A list of the new names have been included in a ‘Sum-

mary of new names and new taxa established’.

Misidentilied Type-species

Under Article 70 of the Code it is to be assumed than an author has correctly identified the nominal

species that he

(1) referred to a new genus when he established it, or

(2) designated as type-species of a new or established genus.

In this catalogue there are several genera having type-species now known to be based on misidentified

specimens. Under Article 70 such cases should be referred to the Commission to designate whichever

species would promote nomenclatural stability. The authors of this catalogue have provisionally chosen

type-species that they consider will fulfil this objective.

Family-group Names

A conservative approach has been taken towards family and subfamily classification. When discussing

the subfamily classification of the Arctiidae, Watson (1975, Bull. Br. Mus. not. Hist. (Ent.) Suppl. 25)

commented that a reclassification that reflects the degree of similarity of only the type-genera and a few

of their allies is not a great improvement on the existing classification. The same comments apply at the

family level. Areas where comparative work is needed include parts of the Ctenuchidae, for example

those which resemble the arctiid genera Eucereon Htibner, Nelplie Herrich-Schaffer and Galethalea

X

GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

Butler. In the Arctiidae, Forbes’ ( 1 960, Lepid. N. Y. & neighboring States 4) subdivision of the family into

subfamilies (but termed ‘tribes’ by Forbes) reflects the phylogenetic structure fairly well but is an over-

simplification. Most Old World genera were not dealt with either in 1 960 or in an earlier paper by Forbes

(1939, Bull. Mas. comp. Zool. Harv. 85) and several genera do not appear to fit into any of his seven

subfamilies. The Old World Aganainae, the New World Pericopinae and the more cosmopolitan

Lithosiinae each seem to be fairly homogeneous, but the genera now lumped under the present concep-

tion of the Arctiinae comprise a much less homogeneous unit and will probably prove to include not

only Forbes’ Arctiinae, Callimorphinae, Phaegopterinae and Utetheisinae but other currently un-

recognized taxa to accommodate genera not discussed by Forbes.

The names used in this catalogue are the oldest available family-group names applied to a particular

taxon, except in the case of Lymantriidae discussed below.

Arctiidae Leach, [1815], in Brewster, Edinburgh Encycl. 9: 133 (as Arctides) has had almost universal

usage during this century, as also has Lithosiinae Stephens, 1829, Illust. Br. Ent. (Haustellata) 2: 88, and

Pericopinae Walker, 1869, Characters undescr. Lepid. Heterocera: 1 (as Pericopidae).

Aganainae Boisduval, 1833, Nouv. Annls Mas. Paris 2: 244 (as Aganaides) has had some usage this

century but it is unfortunate that its junior synonym Hypsidae Moore, 1878, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond.

1878: 3 was used by Hampson [1893], Eauna Br. India (Moths) 1) and throughout the volumes edited by

Seitz (see table).

Cocytiidae Rothschild, 1915, Lepid. Br. Ornith. Union and Wollaston Expedns Snow Mts S. Dutch

New Guinea: 57 (as Cocytianae) was established as a subfamily of the Noctuidae. Rothschild stated ‘Sir

George Hampson has raised it to the rank of a family, Cocytiadae, and places it after the Lymantriidae

just before the Hypsidae'. This must have been an unpublished personal communication, as Hampson,

1918, Novit. zool. 25: 366, cited Rothschild, 191 5, as the origin of thisfamily name, and at the same time

replaced it by a new name Eucocytiadae Hampson, 191 8, as Hampson considered that Cocytia Boisduval

was a junior homonym of Cocytius Hiibner.

Ctenuchidae Kirby, 1837, in Richardson, Eauna Boreali-Am. 4: 305 is earlier than the family-group

names Syntomidae or Amatidae and has had general acceptance in North and South America except by

Forbes, who used the name Euchromiidae while admitting that he should have used the earlier name

Ctenuchidae. The subfamily classification of the Ctenuchidae is accepted (see table) but its genus-group

names have not been placed into subfamilies in this catalogue.

Dilobidae Aurivillius, 1889, Nordens Ejdrilar: 79, 95 was established as a subfamily of the Arctiidae

and was placed, as Dilobinae, on the Official List of Eamily-group Names in Zoology with Name Number

198. Kiriakoflf, 1970, NachrBl. bayer. Ent. 19: 101, considered that on the basis of the tympanal charac-

ters of its type-species, Diloba Boisduval, [1837], should be placed in a separate family and raised the

Dilobinae to family rank.

Dioptidae Walker, [1865], List Specimens lepid. Insects Colin Br. Mus. 31: 146 has had almost

universal use during this century. Josiidae Piepers & Snellen, 1900, Tijdschr. Ent. 43: 26 has not been

used since its proposal. A useful summary of the Dioptidae was published by Seitz & Hering, 1925, in

Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 499-501.

Lymantriidae Hampson, [1893], Eauna Br. India (Moths) 1 : 432. This family was first separated under

the name Lariidae Newman, 1832, Sphinx vespiformis; an essay: 40, 44 (as Lariae), based on the nominal

genus Laria Schrank, 1802, a junior homonym of Laria Scopoli, 1763. The next name established for

this family was Liparidae Boisduval, 1834, Icon. hist. Lepid. nouv. ou pen connus 2: 134 (as Liparides),

based on the nominal genus Liparis Ochsenheimer, 1810, a junior homonym of Liparis Scopoli, 1777.

Neither of these family-group names may be used as a valid name, the type-genus in each case being a

junior homonym. The following names have also been established for the family: (a) Orgyiidae Wallen-

gren, 1861, K. svenska Eregatten Eugenies Resa . . . C.A. Virgin aren 1851-1853 (Zool.) 1 (10, Lepidop-

tera): 369 (as Orgyides), based on the nominal genus Orgyia Ochsenheimer, 1810; (b) Dasychiridae

Packard, 1864, Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 3: 331 (as Dasychirae), based on the nominal genus Dasychira

Hiibner, [1809]; (c) Lymantriidae Hampson, [1893], Eauna Br. India (Moths) 1: 432, based on the

nominal genus Lymantria Hiibner, [1819]; (d) Leucomidae Grote, 1895, Mitt. Roemermus. Hildesh. 1: 3,

based on the nominal genus Leucoma Hiibner, 1822; (e) Ocneriidae Meyrick, 1895, Handbk Br. Lepid.:

169 (as Ocneriadae), based on the nominal genus Ocneria Hiibner, [1819]; (f) Hypogymnidae Grote,

1896, Mitt Roemermus. Hildesh. 7: 3, based on the nominal genus Hypogymna Billberg, 1820.

Of the family-group names listed in the last paragraph Liparidae was the most widely used during the

nineteenth century; Orgyiidae and Dasychiridae had minor usage, but neither name became widely

adopted. During the present century Orgyiidae has been used occasionally in contrast with Lyman-

triidae, which has been used many hundreds of times throughout the world. In North America the use of

Liparidae has continued until, in the most recent revision of the family by Ferguson, 1978, in Dominick

et al.. Moths Am. N. of Mexico 22 (2), the family name Lymantriidae has been adopted. Because of the

overwhelming worldwide use of the name Lymantriidae an application has been submitted by D. S.

Fletcher, I. W. B. Nye and D. C. Ferguson to the International Commission on Zoological Nomen-

clature requesting them to rule that the family-group name Lymantriidae Hampson, [1893] is to be

given nomenclatural precedence over the family-group names Orgyiidae Wallengren, 1861, and Dasy-

chiridae Packard, 1864, when applied to the same taxon.

GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

XI

Notodontidae Stephens, 1829, The Nomenclature of British Insects: 39 has had almost universal use

during this century.

Strepsimanidae Meyrick, 1930, Exot. Microiepid. 4: 10 was established for a small oriental family

originally placed in the Microlepidoptera. It has been transferred to the Noctuoidea by Hodges, 1978, in

Dominick et ah. Moths Am. N. of Mexico 6: (1): 11.

Thaumetopoeidae Aurivillius, 1889, Nordens Fjdrilar: 68, 75 was established as a subfamily of the

Notodontidae and was raised to family rank by Staudinger, 1901, in Staudinger & Rebel, Cat. Lepid.

palaearct. Faunengeb. (1): 113. Cnethocampinae Turner, 1922, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 47: 362, a

family-group name not used outside Australia, is a junior objective synonym of Thaumetopoeidae, both

family-group names being based on the same type-species, Phalaena processioned Linnaeus, 1758.

Thaumetopoeidae has had wide use and was adopted by Kiriakotf, 1 970, in Wytsman, Genera Insect. 219

(E).

Thyretidae Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. Lepid. Heterocera 1: 99 (as Thyretinae) was established as a

subfamily of the Zygaenidae. The genus Thyretes Boisduval, 1847, was included in the Syntomidae, now

Ctenuchidae, by Hampson, 1898, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mas. 1: 137. Thyretidae was unnecessarily

proposed as a new family name by Kiriakoff, 1948, Buii. Annls Soc. ent. Beig. 84: 271.

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to the many colleagues in Britain and abroad who have helped us during the pre-

paration of this catalogue. They include Dr Pastor Alayo D., Havana; Dr E. Berio, Genoa; Mr E. M.

Brown, Colorado Springs; Dr I. F. B. Common, Canberra; Dr W. Dierl, Munich; Mr R. E. Dietz,

Berkeley; Mr J. P. Donahue, Los Angeles; Dr D. C. Ferguson, Washington; Prof. J. G. Franclemont,

Ithaca; Dr L. A. Gozmany, Budapest; Dr H. J. Hannemann, Berlin; Dr H. Inoue, Fujisawa; Prof. S. G.

Kiriakoff, Ghent; Mr I. Lansbury, Oxford; Dr C. Lemaire, Paris; Prof. O. Mielke, Curitiba; Dr I.

Persson, Stockholm; Dr E. L. Todd, Washington; Dr L. Vari, Pretoria and Dr P. Viette, Paris.

Our colleagues in the BMNH, Dr G. S. Robinson, Dr K. S. O. Sattler and Mr W. G. Tremewan, have

frequently come to our aid with helpful discussions. Thanks are extended also to Mrs S. D. M. Knapp

for typing into the computer much of the data, and we are particularly indebted to Miss S. H. Halsey for

her constructive comments and great care in up-dating the catalogue to conform to the style required

for computerized type-setting. Our librarian Miss P. M. Gilbert has been ever helpful, as have Miss M.

Creer, Mr D. French, Mr C. G. J. MacPherson and Dr D. B. Williams who prepared and operated the

computer programmes. The photographs used in the frontispiece were taken by Mr P. York of our

Photographic Unit.

Additions to The Generic Names of Moths of the Worlds Volume 1

The Generic Names of Moths of the World, \o\ume 1, published on 1 1th December 1975, contained the

genus-group names of the families Noctuidae, Agaristidae, and Nolidae. The following genus-group

names of Noctuidae and Agaristidae are mostly additions to those in volume 1 . There are no additional

genus-group names in the Nolidae. The names, references, type-species and other information have been

included in the present catalogue.

Acanthopoiia Boursin, 1943

Agoina Kiriakoff, 1976

Aiuigodasa Kiriakoff, 1974

Antoculeora Ichinose, 1973

Arattatha Janse, 1917

Arboricornis Hampson, 1908

tAretype; Hampson, 1926

XAstephana; Agenjo, 1946

XAiistrocarea; Holloway, 1976

Austrocarea Holloway, 1977

Batuana Laporte, 1976

Bifrontipta Berio, 1974

Bracharthrum Hampson, 1895

Noctuidae, Hadeninae India

Agaristidae South Africa

Agaristidae Madagascar

Noctuidae, Plusiinae India

Noctuidae, Catocalinae South Africa

Noctuidae. Emendation, see Arboricorniis Hampson, 1894

Noctuidae. Misspelling, see Aretypa Smith, 1903

Noctuidae. Unavailable

Noctuidae. Unavailable, see Austrocarea Hollov\ay. 1977

Noctuidae, Chloephorinae Australia

Noctuidae, Hadeninae Ethiopia

Noctuidae, Noctuinae Ethiopia

Noctuidae, Emendation, see Bracharthron Hampson, 1891

XII

GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

Brandtaxia Boursin, 1943

Callicereon Butler, 1 882

Cerviplusia Chou & Lu, 1974

Chazaria Moore, 1881

Chichimeca Hogue, 1963

Cladocera Rambur, 1858

Codalithia Holloway, 1979

Cofimpacia Holloway, 1979

Co/wert/a Holloway, 1979

Cuahtenioca Hogue, 1963

Cy’phocampa Harris, 1869

Cyptonychia Druce, 1899

Cyptonychia Hampson, 1900

Dargeochaeta Laporte, 1973

Deinhugia Laporte, 1 974

Diphleramoma Berio, 1961

Dorstiana Laporte, 1974

DufayeUa Capu$e, 1972

Dusponera Dognin, 1914

Episc/iausia Kiriakoff, 1976

Epithisanotia Kiriakoff, 1976

tEpysteme; Hiibner, [1831]

Eriopana Kiriakoff, 1974

XFocdlstis; Nye, 1975

Godasa Walker, [1865]

Goiiepteronia Kenrick, 1917

Eleniitiierta Kiriakoff, 1 976

XHoplopseustis; Swinhoe, 1923

XHoplopseustrias; Swinhoe, 1923

XHypolachna; Walker, 1865

Hypolocimia Felder, 1861

Hyphilara Kirby, 1897

Hypotuerta Kiriakoff, 1976

Iranada Wiltshire, 1977

Kara Matsumura, 1925

XKerasia; Pagenstecher, 1909

Kofjoleania Laporte, 1 977

Ma/ana Viette, 1979

Marcipalina Pelletier, 1978

Matarwn Viette, [1976]

Met/Zeraiifl Laporte, 1973

Mekrania Brandt, 1941

MicheUiana Laporte, 1976

Neoiuerta Kiriakoff, 1976

Nesaegocera Kiriakoff, 1974

Nocthadena Laporte, 1976

Pachycenua Van Duzee, 1897

Palaeocoleiis Robinson, 1975

Palpidia Dyar, 1 898

Pararothia Kiriakoff, 1974

Parathisanotia Kiriakoff, 1976

Pectinidia Holloway, 1977

XPeniphegostoIa; Hampson, 1918

Pemphigostola Strand, 1909

Penfelia Kiriakoff, 1976

Philareta Moore, 1881

Pseudagotna Kiriakoff, 1975

Pseiidocoarica Holloway, 1979

Pseudotuerta Kiriakoff, 1976

Ptochosiphia Meyrick, 1933

Puriplusia Chou & Lu, 1974

Rougeotia Laporte, 1 974

Roiigeotiana Laporte, 1974

Sarhissa Kiriakoff, 1976

XSchausiana; Kiriakoff, 1976

Scliausilla Kiriakoff, 1974

Sciat/a Walker, 1869

Sclerogenia Ichinose, 1973

Scotogramma Edwards, 1887

Noctuidae,

Noctuidae.

Noctuidae,

Agaristidae

Noctuidae,

Agaristidae

Noctuidae.

Agaristidae

Noctuidae,

Agaristidae

Noctuidae.

Noctuidae,

Noctuidae.

Agaristidae

Noctuidae,

Noctuidae.

Noctuidae,

Agaristidae

Noctuidae,

Noctuidae.

Noctuidae,

Agaristidae

Noctuidae,

Agaristidae

Noctuidae,

Agaristidae

Noctuidae,

Agaristidae

Noctuidae,

Agaristidae

Noctuidae,

Acronictinae

Plusiinae

Noctuinae

Acronictinae

Iran

Madagascar

China

Turkey

U.S.A.

Junior homonym, see Episema Ochsenheimer,

1816

Acontiinae New Caledonia

Hypeninae New Caledonia

Ophiderinae New Caledonia

Acronictinae Mexico

U.S.A.

Acronictinae Mexico

Acronictinae Cameroon

Ophiderinae Cameroon

Acronictinae Netherlands

Hadeninae Ethiopia

Sarrothripinae U.S.S.R.

Hypeninae Ecuador

Kenya

America, tropical

. Misspelling, see Episteme Hiibner, [1820]

. Objective synonym, see Pristoceraea Karsch,

1895

Misspelling, see FociUistis Hampson, 1926

Sierra Leone

Ophiderinae Madagascar

Somali Republic

Misspelling, see Haplopseustis Meyrick, 1902

Misspelling, see Hypolochma Felder, 1861

Sarrothripinae Indonesia

Emendation, see Hypliilare Hiibner, [1821]

Nigeria

Ophiderinae U.S.S.R.

Junior homonym, see Parascotia Hiibner, [1825]

Misspelling, see Kerala Moore, 1881

Acronictinae

Ophiderinae

Acronictinae

Noctuinae

Hypeninae

Hadeninae

Ethiopia

Madagascar

Gabon

Reunion

Nigeria

Iran

Ethiopia

U.S.A.

Madagascar

Ethiopia

Objective synonym, see Cerma Hiibner, 1818

Hypeninae Fiji

Ophiderinae U.S.A.

Madagascar

. Objective synonym, see Cyphocampa Harris,

1869

Ophiderinae Norfolk Island

. Misspelling, see Pemphigostola Strand, 1909

Madagascar

. Junior homonym, see Sergiusia Nye nom.n.

Noctuinae Turkey

Mozambique

Ophiderinae New Caledonia

Uganda

Hypeninae Fiji

Plusiinae Japan

Hadeninae Ethiopia

Ophiderinae Ghana

Fiji

, Misspelling, see Schausilla Kiriakoff, 1974

Madagascar

Ophiderinae Zaire

Plusiinae Japan

Hadeninae U.S.A.

GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

xiii

Sergiusia Nye nom. n.

Shensiplusia Chou & Lu, 1974

XSideridia; Nye, 1975

Steneugoa Hampson, 1914

Synalatnis Dognin, 1912

Synorthodes Franclemont, 1976

Syrrusoides Laporte, 1972

Tholocoleus Robinson, 1975

Thysanoplusia Ichinose, 1973

Trichofeltia Barnes & Benjamin,

1929 September

Tuertella Kiriakoff, 1976

Agaristidae Mozambique

Noctuidae, Plusiinae China

Noctuidae. Misspelling, see Sideridis Hubner, [1821]

Noctuidae, Sarrothripinae New Guinea

Noctuidae, Ophiderinae Colombia

Noctuidae, Hadeninae IJ.S.A.

Noctuidae, Acronictinae Madagascar

Noctuidae, Hypeninae Fiji

Noctuidae, Plusiinae China

Noctuidae. Objective synonym, see Trichofeltia

McDunnough, [1929 April]

Agaristidae Tanzania

Summary of Inter-family Transferences

The following nominal genera are transferred from one family to another.

Summary of New Names and New Taxa Established

The following list summarizes the junior homonyms for which new objective replacement names have

been proposed in this catalogue.

Preoccupied name

Acutia Kaye, 1919

Walker, 1855

Antongila Kiriakoff, 1958

Baeomorpha T urner, 1 940

Blacodes Kiriakoff, 1959

Breyeria Janse, 1920

Calosoma Geyer, 1832

Chlorostola Hampson, 1898

Closteroides Kiriakoff, 1977

Coniortodes Collenette, 1955

Conosia Hampson, 1900

Crinola Leech, 1890

Cymella Felder, 1 874

Replacement name

Atucia Watson nom. n.

Olepa Watson nom. n.

ExantongUa Fletcher nom. n.

Hobapromea Watson nom. n.

Neoblacodes Fletcher nom. n.

Eubreyeria Fletcher nom. n.

Osmacola Watson nom. n.

Eiichlorostola Watson nom. n.

Closterelliis Fletcher nom. n.

Melgona Nye nom. n.

Euconosia Watson nom. n.

Halseyella Nye nom. n.

Myclela Watson nom. n.

xiv GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

In addition to the 46 objective replacement names listed above, the following two new nominal genera

have been established for species previously combined with genus-group names proposed after 1930,

which, although described, contained more than one species and were not accompanied by a definite

fixation of a type-species; such genus-group names are unavailable under Article 13(b) of the Code. As

these names have not been made available since they were proposed, the authors were contacted and the

requirements of the Code have been fulfilled in the relevant entries in this catalogue.

Unavailable name New nominal genus

XNeobourquinia Kohler, 1943 Neoboiirqiiinia Kohler gen. n.

XPseiidohyaleucerea Rego Barros & Machado, 1971 Pseudoltyaleiicerea Rego Barros & Machado gen. n.

One type-species was found to be a primary homonym and, as there is neither an objective nor a

subjective synonym that could be used as a replacement name, a new name has been established for this

species.

Preoccupied name

Dasychira piimila Butler, 1 882

Replacement name

Noliproctis miliipa Nye nom. n.

Alphabetical Catalogue of Genus-group Names

Symbols used

t. A name not nomenclaturally available under the Code.

[ ]. Added information derived usually from external evidence.

[1825] 1816. Date of publication derived from external evidence followed by the title-page date.

Abbreviations used for family-group names

AGAN Aganainae, Arctiidae

ARCT Arctiinae, Arctiidae

cocY Cocytiidae

CTEN Ctenuchidae

DiLO Dilobidae

DIOP Dioptidae

LiTH Lithosiinae, Arctiidae

LYMA Lymantriidae

NOTO Notodontidae

PERI Pericopinae, Arctiidae

STRE Strepsimanidae

THAU Thaumetopoeidae

THYRET Thyretidae

ABAKABAKA Griveaud, [1976] 1975, Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 80:

230. LYMA

Type-species: Calliteara fuliginosa Saalmiiller, 1884, Lepid.

Madagascar. 193, by original designation. Madagascar:

N.W., Nossi-Be Island.

ABELLA Walker, 1862. See Clathe Walker, 1855.

LASIOCAMPIDAE

ABNORMIPTERUS Orfila, 1935, Revta Soc. ent. argent. 7:

177. CTEN

Type-species: Sphecosoma abnormis Hampson, 1898, Cat.

Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 1: 159, fig.71, by original designa-

tion. [Brazil]: lower Amazon, Massauary.

ABROCHIA Herrich-Schaffer, 1855. See Pseudosphex Hiib-

ner, 1818. cten

ABROCHOCIS Dyar, 1914, Proc. U.S. natn. Mus. 47: 170.

LITH

Type-species: Talara esperanza Schaus, 191 \,Ann. Mag. nat.

Hist. (8) 7: 365, by original designation. Costa Rica: Esper-

anza; Tuis; Sixola; and Guapiles.

ABYNOTHA Swinhoe, 1903, Trans, ent. Soc. Lond. 1903: 479.

I YM A

Type-species: Liparis preussi Mabille & Vuillot, 1892, Novit.

Lepid.-. 57, pi. 9, fig. 5, by original designation. [West Africa]:

[coast] cote occidentale d’Afrique.

ACANTHARCTIA Aurivillius, 1899, Ent. Tidskr. 20: 234, 241.

ARCT

Type-species: Acantharctia nivea Aurivillius, 1899, ibidem

20: 242, by original designation. Congo.

ACANTHOFRONTIA Hampson, 1910, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae

Br. Mus. 10: xvii, 3, 644. lith

Type-species: Acanthofrontia lithosiana Hampson, 1910,

ibidem 10: 644, fig. 177, by original designation. [Kenya]:

Athi-ya-Mawe.

Acanthofrontia was established in the Noctuidae; it was

placed in the Arctiidae by Nye, 1975, Generic Names Moths

World 1: 18.

ACANTHOPOLIA Boursin, 1943, Z. wien. ent. Ges. 28: 339.

NOCTUIDAE

Type-species: c«/7ri«a Moore, 1881, Proc. zool. Soc.

Lond. 1881: 345, pi. 38, fig. 2, by original designation. Lecto-

type (but fixed as ‘Type’) <5, India: Sikkim, (MNHU, Berlin)

by Boursin, 1943, ibidem 28: 338.

Acanthopolia in the Noctuidae, Hadeninae is cited here as

it was not included in Nye, 1975, Generic Names Moths World

1

ACASINA Kiriakoff, 1968, in Wytsman, Genera Insect. 217

(C): 140. NOTO

Type-species: Somera acasia Schaus, 1928, Proc. U.S. natn.

Mus. 73 (19): 75, by original designation. India: Assam.

ACCO Bethune-Baker, 1904, Novit. zool. 11: 418. lith

Type-species: /4ccoWco/ora Bethune-Baker, 1904, ibidem 11:

418, pi. 5, fig. 21, by original designation. New Guinea: [Papua

New Guinea], Dinawa and Aroa R[iver].

ACERBIA Sotavalta, 1963, Suom. hyont. Aikak. 29: 263.

ARCT

Type-species: Bombyx alpinaQuenstX, 1802, /« Acerbi, Trav-

els through Sweden, Finland and Lapland to North Cape, 1798

<6 1799 2: 253, by original designation. Lapland.

ACHAERA Kiriakoff, 1963, Bull. Annls Soc. r. ent. Belg. 99:

337. NOTO

Type-species: Chadisra ochribasis Hampson, 1910, Ann.

Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 5: 461, by original designation. [Kenya]:

Laitokitok.

ACHEPYDNA Matsumura, 1925, Zool. Mag. Tokyo 37: 405.

NOTO

Type-species: Pydna formosicola Strand, 1916, Arch. Natur-

gesch. 81 (A) 12: 158, by original designation (but cited as

Xformosana Matsumura, an incorrect subsequent spelling and

an incorrect authorship). Taiwan: Suisharyo.

Matsumura used Achepydna formosicola (Strand) as a head-

ing, with a reference, but designated X" Achepydna formosana

Matsumura’ as type-species. In his ‘List of the Formosan

Notodontidae’ Matsumura cited, on page 408, only the species

formosicola Strand in his new genus Achepydna.

ACHERDOA Walker, 1 865, List Specimens lepid. Insects Colin

Br. Mus. 32: 451. noctuidae

Type-species: Acherdoa ferraria Walker, 1865, ibidem 32:

451, by monotypy. [U.S. A.]: Florida.

Acherdoa was established in the Notodontidae; it was

placed in the Noctuidae by Dyar, [1903] 1902, Bull. U.S. natn.

Mus. 52: 195.

ACHROOSIA Hampson, 1900, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus.

2: XV, 90, 337. lith

Type-species: y4cAroos/fl nuda Hampson, 1900, ibidem 2: 338,

fig. 239, by original designation. Brazil: [Espirito Santo]

Espiritu Santo.

ACIDON Hampson, 1896, Fauna Br. India (Moths) 4: 462.

noctuidae

Type-species: Addon paradoxa Hampson, 1896, ibidem 4:

462, fig. 247, by original designation. Bhutan.

Addon was established in the Notodontidae; it was trans-

2

A. WATSON, D. S. FLETCHER & 1. W. B. NYE

ferred to the Noctuidae by Kiriakoff, 1968, in Wytsman, Genera

Insect. 217 (C): 2.

ACLONOPHLEBIA Butler, 1898, Proc. zool. Soc. Land. 1898:

428. lyma

Type-species: flavinotata Butler, 1898, ibidem

1898: 428, pi. 32, fig. 8, by original designation. [Kenya] Brit-

ish East Africa: between Voi and Ndi, Marago ya Fundi.

ACLYTIA Hiibner, [1819] 1816, Verz. bekannter Schmett.:

123. CTEN

Type-species: Sphinx keber Cramer^ 1780, Uitlandsche

Kapellen (Papillons exot.j 3: 169, 175, pi. 287, fig. A, by sub-

sequent designation by Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. tepid.

Heterocera 1: 160. Surinam.

5. heber is dated from the wrapper of the part and not from

the title-page of the volume, 1782.

ACLYTOPHANES Turner, 1940, Proc. R. Soc. Qd 51: 80.

LITH

Type-species: Heliosa aedumena Turner, 1922, Proc. R. Soc.

Viet. 35: 29, by monotypy. Australia: northern Queensland,

near Cairns.

ACMESEIACHIA Matsumura, 1929, Insecta matsum. 4: 38,

39. NOTO

Type-species: Acnteshachia takamukui Matsumura, 1929,

ibidem 4: 39, pl.l, fig. 18, by original designation (but cited as

ttakamukue, an incorrect (of a multiple) original spelling).

Taiwan: Horisha.

ACNISSA Turner, 1902 December, Trans. Proc. R. Soc. S.

Aust. 26: 180. noctuidae

Type-species: /4cnma/>_vrrAias Turner, \902, ibidem 26: 180,

by monotypy. Syntypes 15, 22, Australia: Queensland,

Townsville, (ANIC, Canberra).

A. pyrrhias is a junior subjective synonym of Haplopseustis

erythrias Meyrick, 1902 April.

Acnissa was established in the Lymantriadae, now Lyman-

triidae; it was retained in the same family but placed as a

junior subjective synonym of Haplopseustis by Turner, 1903,

ibidem 27: 1 5; Haplopseustis, with Acnissa in synonymy, was

placed in the Noctuidae, Erastrianae now Acontiinae, by

Turner, 1920, ibidem 44: 166.

See also Haplopseustis Meyrick, 1902 April.

ACONTIA Ochsenheimer, 1816, Schmett. Eur. 4: 91.

NOCTUIDAE

Type-species: Noctua Solaris [Denis & SchifTermiiller], 1775,

Ankundung syst. Werkes Schmett. Wienergegend: 90, by sub-

sequent designation by Duponchel, 1829, in Godart & Dupon-

chel. Hist. nat. tepid. Papillons Fr. 1 (2): 72. [Austria]:

Vienna district.

Acontia has been used as the original generic name for species

now in the Arctiidae.

ACRASIEttA Kiriakoff, 1963, Bull. Annls Soc. r. ent. Belg.

99: 336. noto

Type-species: Hyperaeschra curvilinea Swinhoe, 1907, Ann.

Mag. nat. Hist. (7) 19: 207, by original designation. [South

Africa]: [Natal], Durban.

ACRASIODES Kiriakoff, 1963, Bull. Annls Soc. r. ent. Belg.

99: 336. noto

Type-species: Fentonina io Viette, 1954, Mem. Inst, sclent.

Madagascar (E) 5: 75, pi. 2, fig. 7, by original designation.

Madagascar: southern, Ankarampotsy.

ACREAGRIS Felder, 1874, in Felder & Rogenhofer, Reise ost.

Fregatte Novara (Zool.) 2 (Abt.2): pi. 83, fig. 2. zygaenidae

Type-species: Acreagris correbioides Felder, 1874, ibidem 2

(Abt.2): pi. 83, fig. 2, by monotypy. Mexico: cited by Felder,

1875, ibidem 2 (Abt.2) Erklarung to pis 75-107: [1].

A junior homonym of Acreagris Koch & Berendt, 1854, in

Berendt, Die im Bernstein befindlichen organischen Reste der

Vorwelt 1 (2): 6, 123, pi. 17, fig. 157, - Collembola. The only

objective replacement name Felderia Kirby, 1892, is itself a

junior homonym (see below). However, the type-species of

Acreagris is currently considered to be congeneric with Pyro-

morpha dimidiata Herrich-Schaffer, [1854], the type-species

of Pyromorpha Herrich-Schaffer, [1854] 1850-1858, Sammt

neuer oder wenig bekannter aussereur. Schmett. 1: wrapper,

pi. [43], fig. 222, which is therefore available as a subjective

replacement name.

Acreagris when established was not placed in a family; it

was placed in the Arctiidae by Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat.

tepid. Heterocera 1: 163; and its objective replacement name

Felderia Kirby, 1892, was placed in the Zygaenidae by Jordan,

1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 6: 22.

FEtDERIA Kirby, 1892, Synonymic Cat. tepid. Heterocera

1: 163.

Type-species: Acreagris correbioides Felder, 1874, by mon-

otypy (of Acreagris Felder, 1874).

Felderia was proposed as the objective replacement name for

Acreagris Felder, 1874, but is itself a junior homonym of

Felderia Walsingham, 1887, Trans, ent. Soc. tond. 1887: 165,

- Lepid., Tineidae.

Felderia was established in the Arctiidae; it was placed in

the Zygaenidae by Jordan, 1913, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde

6: 22.

XACRIBIA Boisduval, 1870. See Acribia Felder, 1874. peri

ACRIBIA Felder, 1874, in Felder & Rogenhofer, Reise ost.

Fregatte Novara (Zool.) 2 (Abt.2): pi. 103, fig. 14. peri

Type-species: Cocastra melanchroia Boisduval, 1870, Con-

siderations tepid. Guatemala'. 88 (but attributed to Felder, an

incorrect authorship), by monotypy. Guatemala.

XACRIBIA Boisduval, 1870, Considerations tepid. Guatemala'.

89 (but attributed to Felder, an incorrect authorship).

XAcribia Boisduval, 1 870, was first published in the synonymy

of Cocastra Boisduval, 1870, ibidem'. 88; and is unavailable

under the Code, Article 11(d), as it has not been treated

subsequently as an available name of Boisduval, 1870. Bois-

duval attributed XAcribia to Felder, and presumably had access

to Felder’s plates and legends (to which Boisduval refers) prior

to their publication in 1874.

ACRIDOPSIS Butler, 1876, J. tinn. Soc. (Zool.) 12: 418.

CTEN

Type-species: Eucereon latifascia Walker, 1856, tist Spec-

imens lepid. Insects Colin Br. Mus. 7: 1639, by original des-

ignation (but cited as XEucerea, an incorrect subsequent

spelling). [Brazil]: Para.

ACROCTENA Saalmiiller, 1884, tepid. Madagascar. 244.

NOTO

Type-species: Acroctena fissura Saalmiiller, 1884, ibidem'.

244, pi. 5, fig. 70, by monotypy. Madagascar: Nossi-Be Island.

ACROSEMA Meigen, 1830. See Phalera Hubner, [1819].

NOTO

ACSAtA Benjamin, 1935, Can. Ent. 67: 195. lyma

Type-species: Acsala anontala Benjamin, 1935, ibidem (Cl'.

196, by original designation. [U.S.A.]: Alaska, Yukon.

Acsala was established in the Arctiidae; it was transferred

to the Lymantriidae by Fergusson, 1978, in Dominick, Moths

Am. N. of Mexico 22 (2): 15.

XACTAEA', misspelling. See Mitradaemon Butler, 1878.

DIOP

GENERIC NAMES OF MOTHS OF THE WORLD

3

ACTEA Walker, 1854. See Mitradaemon Butler, 1878. diop

ACUTIA Kaye, 1919. See Atucia Watson nom. n. cten

ACYCLANIA Dognin, 191 1, Het'eroc'eres nouv. Am. Sud 3; 15.

ARCT

Type-species; Acyclania tenebrosa Dognin, 1911, ibidem 3:

1 5, by original designation. Argentina: Parana, San Ignacio.

ACYMBA Rambur, 1866, Cat. syst. Lepid. Andalousie (2):

235. ARCT

Type-species; Noctua spectabilis Tauscher, 1806, Mem. Soc.

Nat. Univ. imp. Moscou 1: 212, fig., by monotypy. [U.S.S.R.]

Russia: [southern] australiori.