Noctuidae

English: noctuid

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – owlet moths.

Acontia

(family): Acontiinae, Acronictinae, Agaristinae, Amphipyrinae, Araeopteroninae, Bagisarinae, Bryophilinae, Calpinae, Catocalinae, Condicinae, Cuculliinae, Eustrotiinae, Glottulinae, Hadeninae, Heliothinae, Noctuinae, Plusiinae, Psaphidinae, Raphiinae, Stictopterinae, Stiriinae, Xyleninae – subfamilies


Amata

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.


Ditrysia

A taxonomic clade within the order Lepidoptera – ditrysian moths.


Glossata

→ French: glossate

A taxonomic suborder within the order Lepidoptera – many moths.


Heteroneura

A taxonomic infraorder within the order Lepidoptera – heteroneurans; many moths.

Nepticuloidea

Ditrysia, Etimonotrysia, Incurvariina – clades in Eulepidoptera


Cossina

A taxonomic section within the order Lepidoptera – many moths.

A taxonomic subsection within the order Lepidoptera – many moths.


Bombycina

A taxonomic subsection within the order Lepidoptera – very many moths.


Geometridae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – measuring worms, loopers, and cankerworms.


Calpinae

Calpe (“original name of Calyptra”) + -inae

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A taxonomic subfamily within the family Noctuidae – vampire moths and related moths.


Noctuoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Lepidoptera – owl moths and related moths.

Aganaidae

(superfamily): Erebidae, Micronoctuidae, Noctuidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae, Oenosandridae, Scranciidae - families

Pantheidae

groups formerly treated as families in Noctuoidea


Calpini

Calpe (“original name of Calyptra”) + -ini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Erebidae – the vampire moths.

Calyptra

type genus. See Calpini on Wikispecies for the other genera.


Saturniidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – any of many saturniid moths.


Sphingidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – moths, commonly referred to as hawk moths, sphinx moths, and hornworms.


Automeris

A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae – numerous moths with conspicuous eyespots.


Amorpha

From Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos, “shapeless, deformed”), because the flowers have only one petal rather than the three of other genera in the subfamily Faboideae.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – certain moths.


Erebidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – the largest family of moths, found worldwide.

Aventiini

(family): Aganainae (tiger moth), Anobinae, Arctiinae (wasp moth), Boletobiinae, Calpinae (vampire moth etc.), Erebinae, Eublemminae, Eulepidotinae, Herminiinae (litter moth), Hypeninae (snout moth), Hypenodinae, Hypocalinae, Lymantriinae (tussock moth), Pangraptinae, Phytometrinae, Rivulinae, Scolecocampinae, Scoliopteryginae (piercing moth), Tinoliinae, Toxocampinae – subfamilies


Pyraloidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Lepidoptera – certain moths.


Noctuini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Noctuidae.


Noctua pronuba

A taxonomic species within the family Noctuidae – the large yellow underwing.


Noctuinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Noctuidae.

Papaipema

(subfamily): Actinotiini, Agrotini, Apameini, Arzamini, Caradrinini, Dypterygiini, Elaphriini, Glottulini, Hadenini, Leucaniini, Noctuini, Orthosiini, Phlogophorini, Phosphilini, Prodeniini, Pseudeustrotiini, Tholerini, Xylenini – tribes


Noctuina

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Noctuidae – certain cutworm moths or dart moths.


Noctua

From Latin noctua (“owl”, literally “nocturnal one”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – the yellow underwing moths.


Macroglossinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Sphingidae – certain moths.


Antheraea

A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae – tussar moths.


Pyralidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – some of the snout moths.

Adelphia

(family): Chrysauginae, Epipaschiinae, Galleriinae, Phycitinae, Pyralinae – subfamilies


Tortricidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – leafroller moths.

Eudemis

Chlidanotini, Hilarographini, Polyorthini; Archipini, Atteriini, Ceracini, Cnephasiini, Cochylini, Epitymbiini, Euliini, Phricanthini, Schoenotenini, Sparganothini, Tortricini; Bactrini, Enarmoniini, Endotheniini, Eucosmini, Gatesclarkeanini, Grapholitini, Microcorsini, Olethreutini – tribes


Lithosiini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Erebidae – lichen moths.


Cyana

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A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – found from Africa to Borneo.


Arctiinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Erebidae.

Amata

(genus): Arctiini (tiger moth, wasp moth), Lithosiini (lichen moth), Syntomini – tribes


Neopalpa donaldtrumpi

Neopalpa + donaldtrumpi, from being a species of Neopalpa moth named in honor of Donald Trump (45th president of the United States), for visual similarity of the head coloration of the moth and the hair of Donald Trump.

A taxonomic species within the family Gelechiidae – a kind of twirler moth with yellowish-white scales present on the head in adults.


Speranza

Borrowed from Italian speranza (“hope”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain geometer moths.


Pyralis

Latin pyralis (“a winged insect that was supposed to live in fire”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Pyralidae – certain snout moths.


Saturniinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Saturniidae – some 70 genera of saturniine moths, including some of those called silkmoths, emperor moths, and moon moths.


Idioglossa

A taxonomic genus within the family Batrachedridae – certain moths.


Olyra

Borrowed from Latin olȳra, subsequently from Ancient Greek ὄλῡρᾰ (ólūra).

A taxonomic genus within the family Bagridae – naked catfishes.


Catocala

Ancient Greek κᾰ́τω (kátō, “beneath, below”) + Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”), referring to the vibrant colors of this genus's underwings.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – underwing moths.


Enispa

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae.


Diascia

→ Russian: диа́сция (diáscija)

A taxonomic genus within the family Scrophulariaceae – twinspurs.


Alsophila

Ancient Greek ἄλσος n (álsos, “grove”) + Latin -phila m or f (“-lover”), literally “grove-lover”

A taxonomic genus within the family Cyatheaceae – certain tree ferns.


Arctia

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – typical tiger moths.


Coleophora

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→ English: casebearer, casebearing (calque)

Derived from coleo- (“sheath”) + -phora (“carrying”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Coleophoridae – certain moths.


Eilema

From Ancient Greek εἴλημα (eílēma, “veil”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain footman moths.


Gelechia

A taxonomic genus within the family Gelechiidae – certain moths.


Gelechiidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – twirler moths.

Anarsia

(family): Anacampsinae, Anomologinae, Dichomeridinae, Gelechiinae, Thiotrichinae – subfamilies


Tortrix

A taxonomic genus within the family Tortricidae – certain moths.


Zeuzerinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Cossidae – certain moths.


Prochoreutis

A taxonomic genus within the family Choreutidae.


Choreutidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – metalmark moths.

Brenthia

(family): Brenthiinae, Choreutinae – subfamilies


Prochoreutis hadrogastra

A taxonomic species within the family Choreutidae.


Nolinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Nolidae.

Meganola

(subfamily): For tribes see Nolinae on Wikispecies.


Meganola

A taxonomic genus within the family Nolidae.


Meganola varia

A taxonomic species within the family Nolidae.


Nolidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – the tuft moths.


Eugoa

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae.


Scythris

A taxonomic genus within the family Scythrididae – certain flower moths.


Dalailama

English Dalai Lama, from Tibetan ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ (tā la'i bla ma).

A taxonomic genus within the family Endromidae.


Eupithecia

Possibly from eu- (“new”) + Pithecia (“genus of saki monkeys”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – pugs.


Gelechiinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Gelechiidae – gelechiines.


Maliattha

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain noctuid moths.


Tentax

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain erebid moths.


Acantholipini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Erebidae.


Lymantriini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Erebidae – certain lymantriine moths.


Dalceridae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – dalcerids.


Phaegopterina

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Erebidae – phaegopterines, certain tiger moths.


Gracillarioidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Lepidoptera – certain ditrysian moths.


Torodora hildebrandtella

Totodora hildebrandtella (canonical feminine)

A taxonomic species within the family Lecithoceridae.


Pterothysanus

Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón) + Ancient Greek θύσανος (thúsanos)

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Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">θύσανος</i> (thúsanos)

A taxonomic genus within the family Callidulidae – certain moths.


Xyloryctidae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – xyloryctids or timber moths.


Scopula

Borrowed from Latin scōpula f (“small broom”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain geometer moths.


Hypena

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑπήνη (hupḗnē, “mustache, beard”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.


Dysschema

New Latin dys- (“difficult, impaired, abnormal, bad”) + Latin schēma f or n (“shape, form”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain tiger moths.


Xylophanes

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ξῠλοφᾰνής (xulophanḗs, “resembling wood”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – certain moths.


Diarsia

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.


Dysstroma

Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dus-, “bad, abnormal”) + Ancient Greek στρῶμᾰ (strôma, “mattress, bed”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Glaucocharis

From Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “bright, gleaming”) + Ancient Greek χᾰ́ρῐς (kháris, “beauty, elegance, charm, grace”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain grass moths.

Glaucocharis stella

type species. See full list at Wikispecies.


Amorpha juglandis

From the genus name Amorpha + Latin juglandis (“of walnuts/walnut trees”). It is named as such due to the caterpillar's diet, and thus habitat, being the leaves of walnut trees.

A taxonomic species within the family Sphingidae – walnut sphinx moth.


Gnathodracon

New Latin gnatho- (“jaw”) + Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κων (drákōn, “dragon”)

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A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Olethreutinae – certain tortrix moths.


Heliophobus

Possibly from English heliophobe (“one who fears the sun or sunlight”) + -us (“masculine suffix”). Possibly directly from New Latin helio- (“sun”) + Latin -phobus (“-phobe; (one) who fears”), literally “heliophobe, sun-fearer”.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain noctuid moths.


Pseudohedya

From pseudo- (“imitating, falsely resembling”) + Hedya. The genus Hedya is closely related to Pseudohedya.

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Olethreutini – certain tortrix moths.


Pterophorus

A taxonomic genus within the family Pterophoridae – certain moths.


Autophila

Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-, “auto-, self-”) + Latin -phila (“-phile”), literally “autophile” or “narcissist”

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A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain erebid moths.

A taxonomic subgenus within the genus Autophila – certain erebid moths.


Nordstromia

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Drepanini – certain drepanid moths.


Psoloptera

Ancient Greek ψόλος m (psólos, “soot, smoke”) + -ptera f (“-wing, -winged”), literally “smoke-wing”

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain arctiine moths.


Diastictis

Probably from Ancient Greek στικτός (stiktós, “tattooed, spotted, dappled”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Crambidae – certain geometrid moths, mostly of the Americas.


Agonopterix

Ancient Greek ἄγονος m (ágonos, “infertile, barren, sterile”) + Ancient Greek πτέρῠξ f (ptérux, “wing (of a bird)”), literally “barren-wing”. The nonstandard spelling of the -pterix suffix (usually -pteryx) may suggest Latin or English influence in the taxonomic spelling.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Depressariidae – certain depressariid moths.


Pygarctia

→ English: pygarctia (learned)

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – pygarctias.


Cyclophora

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Cosymbiini – certain geometrid moths.


Himantoides

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – certain sphinx moths.


Antheraea polyphemus

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→ English: polyphemus moth (partial calque)

Binomial compound of Antheraea f + Latin Polyphēmus m (“Polyphemus”), named after the cyclops, named as such due to the moth's large size and wingspan, as well as false eyes found on the inside of its wings.

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A taxonomic species within the family Saturniidae – polyphemus moth.


Psychophasma

From psycho- (“mind”) + Latin phasma n (“phantom”), literally “mental phantom”.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain beige moths found throughout Central America and the upper half of South America.


Olethreutinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Tortricidae – certain tortricid moths.


Macroglossini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Sphingidae – certain macroglossine sphinx moths.


Arctiini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Erebidae – certain tiger moths.


Diarsia brunnea

Diarsia f + Latin brunnea f (“brown”), literally “brown diarsia”

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A taxonomic species within the family Noctuidae – purple clay, of cool-temperate Eurasia.


Apoditrysia

A taxonomic clade within the clade Ditrysia – apoditrysian moths.


Geometrinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Geometridae – certain geometer moths.


Lithosiina

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Erebidae – certain arctiine moths.


Andropolia

A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain noctuid moths.


Dasygaster

dasy- (“hairy”) + Latin gaster f (“belly”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain owlet moths.

Hadeninae – subfamily OR Noctuinae – subfamily


Automeris postalbida

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Automeris f + New Latin postalbida f (“white-back(?)”), from Latin post (“behind, anterior”) and Latin albida f (“white”).

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A taxonomic species within the family Saturniidae – a certain automer moth, found from southern Central America to northern South America.


Epipleminae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Uraniidae – certain swallowtail moths.


Coleophoridae

→ English: coleophorid

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – coleophorid micromoths; vernacularly called casebearers or casebearing moths due to the silken case they make to protect their cocoon.


Polyptychus

Borrowed from Latin polyptychus, from Ancient Greek πολύπτῠχος (polúptukhos, “many-folded, manifold”).

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A taxonomic genus within the tribe Smerinthini – certain sphinx moths.


Spaniocentra

Ancient Greek σπᾰ́νῐος (spánios, “rare, uncommon”) + Latin centrum n (“center”) + -a f.

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A taxonomic genus within the tribe Hemitheini – certain green geometrid moths.


Cnethodonta

Ancient Greek κνήθω (knḗthō, “to scratch, to gash”, verb) + -odonta f (“tooth”).

A taxonomic genus within the tribe Dicranurini – certain moths.


Termioptycha

Ancient Greek τέρμιος m (térmios) + Ancient Greek πτῠχή f (ptukhḗ, “fold”)

A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Epipaschiinae.


Cossoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Lepidoptera – many moths.


Pyralinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Pyralidae – certain pyralid snout moths.


Nebula

Borrowed from Latin nebula (“fog, cloud, vapor”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain geometer moths.


Polypogon

poly- (“multiple”) + Ancient Greek πώγων m (pṓgōn, “beard”). While 'πώγων' ends with the typical neuter suffix '-ων', it is masculine, not neuter or feminine, so it is unknown why the grammatical genders changed in these genera.

Polypogon australis

Chilean rabbitsfoot grass, Chilean beard grass

Polypogon interruptus

ditch rabbitsfoot grass, ditch beard grass, ditch polypogon


Macroglossina

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Sphingidae – certain sphinx moths.


Eucosmini

leafroller moths
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A taxonomic tribe within the subfamily Olethreutinae – certain leafroller moths.


Xylenini

A taxonomic tribe within the family Noctuidae – certain owlet moths.

Andropolia

(tribe): Antitypina, Cosmiina, Pseudohadenina, Ufeina, Xylenina – subtribes


Sterrhinae

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Geometridae – certain geometer moths.


Saturniini

A taxonomic tribe within the subfamily Saturniinae – many saturniid moths.


Larentiinae

English: larentiine

A taxonomic subfamily within the family Geometridae – the larentiine geometer moths.


Pyralini

A taxonomic tribe within the subfamily Pyralinae – certain pyralid moths.


Spilosomina

A taxonomic subtribe within the family Erebidae – many tiger moths.


Gelechioidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Lepidoptera – curved-horn moths.


Bunaeini

A taxonomic tribe within the subfamily Saturniinae – many silkmoths.


Pterophoridae

A taxonomic family within the order Lepidoptera – plume moths.

Emmelina

(family): Agdistinae, Deuterocopinae, Macropiratinae, Ochyroticinae, Pterophorinae – subfamilies


Caduca

A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain erebid moths.


Isognathus

iso- (“equal”) + Ancient Greek γνᾰ́θος (gnáthos, “jaw”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – certain macroglossine sphinx moths.


Brenthia

Ancient Greek βρένθος (brénthos, “arrogance”) + -ia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Choreutidae – certain moths, including the peacock brenthia.


Lychnosea

Ancient Greek λῠ́χνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”) + -ea f.

A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain moths.


Epicephala

epi- (“around”) + Ancient Greek κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Gracillariidae – certain moths.


Micronoctua

A taxonomic genus within the family Nolidae – certain nolid moths.


Nemophora

Ancient Greek νέμος (némos, “glade”) + -phora

A taxonomic genus within the family Adelidae – certain moths.


Heterobathmia

hetero- (“same”) + Ancient Greek βαθμός (bathmós, “step”) + -ia f.

A taxonomic genus within the family Heterobathmiidae – certain primitive moths.


Xylorycta

xylo- (“wood”) + Ancient Greek ὀρῠ́κτης (orúktēs, “digger”)

A taxonomic genus within the family Xyloryctidae – certain moths.


Zythos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζῦθος (zûthos, “beer”).


Acontia

From Ancient Greek ἀκόντῐον (akóntion, “little javelin”).

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A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths.

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Rhodochlora

Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”) + Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “green”)

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A taxonomic genus within the family Geometridae – certain geometer moths.


Aleuron

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄλευρον (áleuron).

A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – certain sphinx moths.