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Cutworms and Dart Moths
Noctuinae
The Noctuinae are a subfamily of the family Noctuidae. The larvae of many species feed on roots or stems of various grasses. Some are generalist feeders which makes them potential pests.
60 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Noctuini
tribeNoctuini

Xylenini
tribeXylenini

Wainscot Moths
tribeLeucaniini

Arches
tribeApameini

Prodeniini
tribeProdeniini

Caradrinini
tribeCaradrinini

Orthosiini
tribeOrthosiini

Hadenini
tribeHadenini

Eriopygini
tribeEriopygini

Elaphriini
tribeElaphriini

Dypterygiini
tribeDypterygiini

Phlogophorini
tribePhlogophorini

Tholerini
tribeTholerini

Bryophilini
tribeBryophilini

Eriopini
tribeEriopini

Pseudeustrotiini
tribePseudeustrotiini

Glottulini
tribeGlottulini

Phosphilini
tribePhosphilini

Poliini
tribePoliini

Actinotiini
tribeActinotiini

Cosmodes
genusCosmodes

Diver Moths
tribeArzamini
Meterana
genusMeterana

Ectopatria
genusEctopatria

Neumichtis
genusNeumichtis

Episemini
tribeEpisemini

Niphonyx
genusNiphonyx

Physetica
genusPhysetica

Properigea
genusProperigea

Iambia
genusIambia

Mentaxya
genusMentaxya

Praina
genusPraina

Bagada
genusBagada

Apsarasa
genusApsarasa

Bathytricha
genusBathytricha

Dipterygina
genusDipterygina

Mudaria
genusMudaria

Yepcalphis
genusYepcalphis

Pseudobryomima
genusPseudobryomima

Sineugraphe
genusSineugraphe

Daseochaeta
genusDaseochaeta

Lignispalta
genusLignispalta

Ariathisa
genusAriathisa

Fagitana
genusFagitana

Pachythrix
genusPachythrix

Opigena
genusOpigena

Hemibryomima
genusHemibryomima

Protomiselia
genusProtomiselia

Eulepa
genusEulepa

Haliophyle
genusHaliophyle

Iambiodes
genusIambiodes

Buciara
genusBuciara

Neurois
genusNeurois

Neuranethes
genusNeuranethes

Micragrotis
genusMicragrotis

Pansemna
genusPansemna

Boursinia
genusBoursinia

Effractilis
genusEffractilis

Nacopa
genusNacopa

Procrateria
genusProcrateria
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Noctuinae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 122224.