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Noctuidae (Latreille, 1809)

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Family Synonyms

NAME

AUTHOR

STATUS

Subfamilies

NAME	AUTHOR	STATUS	PUBLICATION
Acontiinae	Guenée, 1841	Subfamily
Acronictinae	Heinemann, 1859	Subfamily
Agaristinae	Herrich-Schäffer, 1858	Subfamily
Agrotinae		Synonym of subfamily
Amphipyrinae	Guenée, 1837	Subfamily
Bagisarinae	Crumb, 1956	Subfamily
Balsinae	Grote, 1896	Subfamily
Bryophilinae	Guenée, 1852	Subfamily
Condicinae	Poole, 1995	Subfamily
Cuculliinae	Herrich-Schäffer, 1850	Subfamily
Dilobinae	Aurivillius, 1889	Subfamily
Eriopinae	Herrich-Schäffer, 1851	Subfamily
Eucocytiinae	Hampson, 1918	Subfamily
Eustrotiinae	Grote, 1882	Subfamily
Euxoinae		Synonym of subfamily
Hadeninae	Guenée, 1837	Subfamily
Heliothinae	Boisduval, 1828	Subfamily
Lophonyctinae	Speidel et al., 1996	Synonym of subfamily
Melicleptriinae		Synonym of subfamily
Metoponiinae	Herrich-Schäffer, 1851	Subfamily
Noctuinae	Latreille, 1809	Subfamily
Oncocnemidinae	Forbes & Franclemont, 1954	Subfamily
Pantheinae	Smith, 1898	Subfamily
Phalaeninae		Synonym of subfamily
Phytometrinae		Synonym of subfamily
Plusiinae	Boisduval, 1828	Subfamily
Raphiinae	Beck, 1996	Subfamily
Sinocharinae	Speidel et al., 1996	Synonym of subfamily
Thiacidinae	Hacker & Zilli, 2007	Synonym of subfamily	Hacker H. H. & Zilli A. 2007. Revisional notes on the genus Thiacides Walker, 1855, with descriptions of Thiacidinae subfam. nov. and eleven species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). - Esperiana Memoir 3:179–246, pls. 21–30.
Unassigned		Subfamily

Genera

NAME	AUTHOR	STATUS	PUBLICATION
Ablepharon	Grote, 1873	Synonym of genus
Abrostola	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Acantuerta	Hampson, 1907	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1907c. Descriptions of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae, and Noctuidae. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 19(111):221–257.
Acontia	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Acontiola	Staudinger, 1900	Genus	Staudinger O. 1900b. Neue Lepidopteren des palaearktischen Faunengebiets. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 12 (1899)(2):352–403.
Aconzarba	Hacker, 2016	Genus	Hacker H. H. 2016a. Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Macroheterocera and Cossoidea Leach, [1815], Zygaenoidea Latreille, 1809, Thyridoidea Herrich-Schäffer, 1846 and Hyblaeoidea Hampson, 1903 of the Arabian Peninsula, with a survey of their distribution (Lepid.). - Esperiana 20(1):1–742; (2): 1–430.
Acosmetia	Stephens, 1829	Genus	Stephens J. F. 1829a. The nomenclature of British Insects. - — :1–84.
Acrapex	Hampson, 1894	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1894. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Moths. - — 2:i–xxi, 1–609.
Acrobyla	Rebel, 1903	Genus	Rebel H. 1903a. Eine neue Noctuide von der Sinai-Halbinsel. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 16:68–70.
Acronicta	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Acronycta	Treitschke, 1825	Synonym of genus
Acronyctia	Meigen, 1831	Unavailable name
Acroriesis	Hampson, 1916	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1916a. In Poulton, E. B. On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(1):91–182, pls. 1–2.
Actebia	Stephens, 1829	Synonym of genus
Actinotia	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Actobia	Agassiz, 1847	Synonym of genus
Acutipenna	Hampson, 1894	Synonym of genus
Adaphaenura	Hampson, 1905	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–634.
Adeva	McDunnough, 1944	Synonym of genus
Adisura	Moore, 1881	Genus	Moore F. 1881a. Description of new genera and species of Asiatic nocturnal Lepidoptera. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881:326–380.
Aegle	Hübner, 1823	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Aegocera	Latreille, 1809	Genus	Latreille P. A. 1809. Genera crustaceorum et insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque pluribus explicata. - — 4:1–399, 16 pls.
Aegoceropsis	Karsch, 1895	Synonym of genus	Karsch F. 1895b. Aethiopische Heteroceren. II. - Entomologische Nachrichten 21(23–24):361–379, pls 3–4.
Aethodes	Hampson, 1918	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1918a. Descriptions of new genera and species of Amatidae, Lithosidae, and Noctuidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 25(1):93–217.
Afrenella	Berio, 1965	Genus	Berio E. 1965c. Afrenella jansei n. gen. n. sp. di Amphipyrinae dell'Africa Centrale (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). - Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 1965:94.
Afrogortyna	Krüger, 1997	Genus	Krüger M. 1997b. Afrogortyna, a new genus of stemboring Noctuidae from Southern Africa, with description of new species (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Amphipyrinae). - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 36:297–307.
Agaba	Pagenstecher, 1909	Unavailable name
Agabra	Walker, 1862	Synonym of genus
Agoma	Kiriakoff, 1977	Genus	Kiriakoff S. G. 1977. Lepidoptera Noctuiformes. Agaristidae II. Ethiopian and Madagascan species. - — 98:i–viii, 1–165.
Agraga	Walker, 1858	Synonym of genus
Agrapha	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Agrochola	Hübner, 1921	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Agrolitha	Berio, 1980	Synonym of genus
Agronoma	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Agrotana	Bethune-Baker, 1911	Genus	Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911b. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from tropical Africa. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 8(46):506–542.
Agrotis	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Aingrapha	Beck, 1991	Synonym of genus
Akonus	Matsumura, 1929	Synonym of genus
Aletopus	Jordan, 1926	Genus	Jordan K. 1926a. Some new Agaristidae, with remarks on nomenclature. - Novitates Zoologicae 33:371–378.
Alexia	De Laever, 1979	Synonym of genus
Alysia	Guenée, 1868	Unavailable name
Alysina	Cockerell, 1913	Synonym of genus
Amazela	Boisduval, 1874	Synonym of genus	Boisduval J. B. A. 1874a. Monographie des Agaristidées (Lépidoptères). - Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée (3)2:26–110, pl. 8.
Amazonides	Fletcher D. S., 1961	Genus	Fletcher D. S. 1961. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Noctuidae. - Ruwenzori Expedition 1952 1(7):177–323.
Amefrontia	Hampson, 1899	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1899c. The expedition to Sokotra. VI. Descriptions of one new genus and fourteen new species of moths. - Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums 2(2):35–39, pl. 1.
Amephana	Hampson, 1906	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1906a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. VI. Noctuidae - — 6:i–xiv, 1–532.
Ammetopa	Hampson, 1906	Synonym of genus	Hampson G. F. 1891a. Lepidoptera from the Sabaki River, East Africa, with descriptions of new species. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 7(38):179–184.
Amphia	Guenée, 1852	Genus	Guenée A. M. 1852a. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. V. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome I. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–407.
Amphidrina	Staudinger, 1892	Synonym of genus
Amphidrina	Staudinger, 1892	Genus	Staudinger O. 1892a. Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren des palaearktischen Faunengebiets. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 4 (1891)(2):224–339.
Amphipyra	Ochsenheimer, 1916	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Amyna	Guenée, 1852	Genus	Guenée A. M. 1852a. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. V. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome I. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–407.
Amynodes	Warren, 1913	Synonym of genus
Anapoma	Berio, 1980	Genus	Berio E. 1980b. [Title]. - Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana 112(1–3):39–40.
Anarta	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Anathetis	Janse, 1938	Genus	Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). - — 3:i–xv, 1–435, pls 1–46.
Ancarista	Jordan, 1921	Genus	Jordan K. 1921a. On the replacement of a lost vein in connection with a stridulating organ in a new agaristid moth from Madagascar, with descriptions of two new genera. - Novitates Zoologicae 28:68–74.
Anchoscelis	Guenée, 1839	Synonym of genus
Andobana	Viette, 1965	Genus	Viette P. 1965b. Noctuelles Trifides de Madagascar: Ecologie, Biogéographie, Morphologie et Taxonomie (Lep.), suite. Insectes Lépidoptères Noctuidae. Amphipyrinae (part.). - Faune de Madagascar 20(1):i–vi, 285–490; pls. 11–12.
Andrhippuris	Karsch, 1895	Genus	Karsch F. 1895b. Aethiopische Heteroceren. II. - Entomologische Nachrichten 21(23–24):361–379, pls 3–4.
Androlymnia	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Anedhella	Viette, 1965	Genus	Viette P. 1965i. Descriptions préliminaires de nouveaux genres et espèces de Noctuidae Amphipyrinae malgaches (Lep.). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 70:85–91.
Anodonta	Rambur, 1858	Unavailable name
Antigodasa	Kiriakoff, 1974	Genus	Kiriakoff S. G. & Viette P. 1974. Insectes Lépidoptères Agaristidae. - Faune de Madagascar 39:1–123.
Antitype	Hübner, 1921	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Apaegocera	Hampson, 1905	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1905c. Descriptions of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae, and Noctuidae. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 15(89):425–453.
Apamea	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Apatela	Stephens, 1829	Unavailable name
Apatele	Hübner, 1822	Synonym of genus
Apoma	Berio, 1980	Unavailable name	Berio E. 1980a. Modificazioni al sistema delle Hadeninae e Cuculliinae Italiane attualmente seguito (Lepidoptera-Noctuidae). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 83:1–19.
Apopasta	Viette, 1981	Unavailable name
Aporophoba	Berio, 1977	Genus	Berio E. 1977. Diagnosi di nuovi taxa di Noctuidae del globo (Lepidoptera). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 81:321–339.
Aporophyla	Guenée, 1841	Genus	Guenée A. M. 1841. Noctuarum Europaearum. Index methodicus, classificationis in Ann. Soc. Entom. Gallic. editae tabulam fingens. - Annales de la Société entomologique de France 10:235–250.
Apospasta	Fletcher D. S., 1959	Genus	Fletcher D. S. 1959. Three new species of Heterocera from northern Ethiopia. - The Entomologist 92(1150):45–48, pl. 2.
Appana	Moore, 1881	Synonym of genus
Araea	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Arbasera	Walker, 1865	Synonym of genus
Arboricornis	Hampson, 1908	Synonym of genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Arboricornus	Hampson, 1894	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1894. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Moths. - — 2:i–xxi, 1–609.
Arctiopais	Jordan, 1896	Genus	Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1896. Notes on Heterocera, with descriptions of new genera and species. - Novitates Zoologicae 3(1):21–62.
Arctomyscis	Hübner, 1820	Synonym of genus
Argyritis	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Argyrogalea	Hampson, 1906	Synonym of genus
Argyrogramma	Hübner, 1823	Genus	Hübner J. 1818–1825. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge [sic], bestehend in Bekundigung einzelner Fliegmuster neuer oder rarer nichteuropäischer Gattungen. - — :1–32; 1–32; 1–40; 1–48; 1–52, pls 1–172.
Argyromata	Hampson, 1906	Synonym of genus
Ariathisa	Walker, 1865	Genus	Walker F. 1865c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIII.– Supplement Part 3. - — 33:i–iv, 707–1120.
Aridagricola	Shchetkin, 1965	Synonym of genus
Armada	Staudinger, 1884	Genus	Staudinger O. 1884. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Lepidopteren-Fauna des Achal-Tekke-Gebietes. – In: Romanoff, Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères. - — 1:139–154, pl. 9.
Arrothia	Jordan, 1896	Genus	Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1896. Notes on Heterocera, with descriptions of new genera and species. - Novitates Zoologicae 3(1):21–62.
Arsilonche	Lederer, 1857	Synonym of genus
Asclepistola	Beck, 1991	Synonym of genus	Beck H. 1991. Taxonomische Änderungen bei den Noctuinae, Cuculliinae und Plusiinae (Noctuidae, Lepidoptera). - Atalanta, Würzburg 2(2–4):175–232.
Asema	Sodoffsky, 1837	Synonym of genus
Aspidhampsonia	Berio, 1964	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1964a. Su alcune spezie del gen. Aspidifrontia Hmps. con descrizione di nuove entità (Lepidoptera - Noctuidae - Hadeninae). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 74:222–232.
Aspidifrontia	Hampson, 1902	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255–446.
Aspila	Guenée, 1852	Unavailable name
Asplenia	Hampson, 1926	Unavailable name	Hampson G. F. 1926a. Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). - — :1–641.
Asplenia	Hampson, 1916	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1916a. In Poulton, E. B. On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(1):91–182, pls. 1–2.
Astonycha	Turner, 1920	Synonym of genus
Atethmia	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Athetis	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Atimaea	Hampson, 1908	Synonym of genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Aucha	Walker, 1858	Genus	Walker F. 1858b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIII.– Noctuidae. - — 13 (1857):i–iv, 983–1236.
Auchecranon	Berio, 1978	Genus	Berio E. 1979. I Noctuidae del Kenya della collezione Alberto Ancillotto (Lepidoptera). - Bollettino del Museo civico di Storia naturale di Verona 5 (1978):475–491.
Auchenisa	Hampson, 1905	Synonym of genus	Holland W. J. 1905. A new noctuid from Sierra Leone. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 16:18–20.
Auchmis	Hübner, 1921	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Autographa	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Axylia	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Batuana	Laporte, 1976	Genus	Laporte B. 1976. Diagnoses de nouveaux genres et de plusiers espèces inédites de Noctuidae trifinae (Lépidoptères) d'Ethiopie (3e note). - Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 45(3):131–136.
Berioana	Fletcher & Viette, 1962	Genus	Fletcher D. S. & Viette P. 1962. Descriptions de trois nouveaux genres de Noctuelles trifides (Lepid.). - Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 31(1):5–7.
Berionycta	Kiss, 2017	Genus	Kiss A. 2017. Taxonomic review of the Craniophora s.l. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acronictinae) generic complex with description of 8 new genera and 13 new species. - Zootaxa 4355(1):1–90.
Berresa	Walker, 1859	Synonym of genus
Bicondica	Berio, 1981	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1981. Considerazioni sistematiche e corologiche sul gen. Condica Wkr. 1856 (=Platysenta Grote 1874) con riferimento alla nuova spezie C. europaea Parenzan, pima del genere rinvenuta nella' Europa continentale. - Entomologica, Bari 16:89–95.
Bifrontipta	Berio, 1975	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1975. Nuove genere e nuove specie di Noctuidae Africane (Lepidoptera). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 80(1974):217–225.
Bisulcia	Chapman, 1890	Synonym of genus
Bornolis	Holloway, 1989	Genus	Holloway J. D. 1989. The moths of Borneo: Noctuidae: Subfamilies Heliothinae, Hadeninae, Acronictinae, Amphipyrinae, Agaristinae. - — 12:1–226, pls. 1–8.
Boursinia	Brandt, 1938	Genus	Brandt W. 1938. Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna von Iran. Neue Gattungen, Arten, und Formen. - Entomologische Rundschau 55:497–505, 517–523, 548–554, 558–561, 567–569.
Brachycosmia	Butler, 1890	Synonym of genus
Brachygalea	Hampson, 1906	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1906a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. VI. Noctuidae - — 6:i–xiv, 1–532.
Brachypteragrotis	Viette, 1959	Genus	Viette P. 1959b. Lépidoptères de l'île Amsterdam (récoltes de Patrice Paulian, 1955–956). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 64(1–2):22–29.
Brachytegma	Berio, 1962	Genus	Berio E. 1962d. Descrizione di nuove Noctuidae africane (Euxoinae). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 73:196–208.
Brepha	Billberg, 1820	Unavailable name
Brephia	Hübner, 1822	Unavailable name
Brephos	Hübner, 1813	Genus	Hübner J. 1796–1838. Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. - — :i–iv, 1–194.
Brevipecten	Hampson, 1894	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1894. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Moths. - — 2:i–xxi, 1–609.
Brithya	Boisduval, 1840	Unavailable name	Boisduval J. B. A. 1840. Genera et Index Methodicus Europaerorum Lepidopterorum. - — :i–x, 1–238.
Brithys	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Brithysana	Viette, 1963	Genus	Viette P. 1963a. Noctuelles trifides de Madagascar: Ecologie, biogéographie et taxonomie (Lep.). - Annales de la Société entomologique de France 131 (1962)(1):1–294; pls. 1–16.
Brotis	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Bryoleuca	Hampson, 1908	Synonym of genus
Bryonola	Toulgoët, 1955	Synonym of genus	de Freina J. J. 2009. Über die Biologie, Morphologie, Verbreitung, Phänologie und Taxonomie von Amata cerbera (Linnaeus, 1764) met Anmerkungen zur Systematik der afrikanischen cerbera-Artengruppe (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Syntominae). - Nachrichten des entomologischen Vereins Apollo 29(4):177–188.
Bryonycta	Boursin, 1955	Synonym of genus
Bryophila	Treitschke, 1825	Synonym of genus
Bryopsis	Boursin, 1970	Synonym of genus
Brythis	Stephens, 1850	Unavailable name	Stephens J. F. 1850. List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection of the British Museum - — 5.
Brytis	Ragusa, 1885	Unavailable name	Ragusa E. 1885. Note lepidotterologiche. - Naturalista Siciliano 4:271–274.
Buakea	Moyal et al., 2011	Genus	Moyal P., Le Ru B., Conlong D., Cugala D., Defabachew B., Matama-Kauma T., Pallangyo B. & van den Berg J. 2011. Buakea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a new genus of African stem borers: morphological, ecological and molecular data. - African Entomology 19:23–35.
Busseola	Thurau, 1904	Genus	Thurau F. 1904. Busseola sorghicida, eine neue Ost-Afrikanische Noctuide. - Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 49:55–58.
Butleronea	Viette, 1968	Genus	Viette P. 1968f. Noctuelles inédites de Madagascar (Lep.) - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 73(3–4):77–83, pl. 2.
Caffristis	Hampson, 1906	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1906a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. VI. Noctuidae - — 6:i–xiv, 1–532.
Calamia	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Calamistis	Hampson, 1908	Synonym of genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Callaenia	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Callegaria	Berio, 1976	Genus	Berio E. 1976a. Nuovi generi e specie di Noctuidae dell'Africa equatoriale (Lepidoptera). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 81:96–123.
Callicereon	Butler, 1882	Genus	Butler A. G. 1882b. Descriptions of new species of Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Madagascar. - Cistula Entomologica 3(26):1–27.
Callixena	Saalmüller, 1891	Synonym of genus	Saalmüller M. & von Heyden L. 1891. Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Zweite Abtheilung. Heterocera: Noctuae, Geometrae, Microlepidoptera. - — :247–531, pls 7–14.
Calloecia	Hampson, 1908	Synonym of genus
Callopistria	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Callyna	Guenée, 1852	Genus	Guenée A. M. 1852a. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. V. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome I. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–407.
Calogramma	Guenée, 1852	Synonym of genus
Calophasia	Stephens, 1829	Genus	Stephens J. F. 1829a. The nomenclature of British Insects. - — :1–84.
Calopistria	Stephens, 1850	Unavailable name
Caloplusia	Smith, 1884	Synonym of genus
Calpiformis	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Calpoparia	Watson, 1980	Genus	Watson A., Fletcher D. S. & Nye I. W. B. 1980. Noctuoidea (part): Arctiidae, Cocytiidae, Ctenuchidae, Dilobidae, Dioptidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Strepsimanidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae. – In: Nye I. W. B. (ed.), The generic names of moths of the world. Volume 2. - — 2:i–xiv, 1–228.
Calymnia	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Campydelta	Berio, 1964	Genus	Berio E. 1964g. Osservazione sul gen. Delta Saalm. con descrizione di nuove entità africane (Lepidoptera - Noctuidae). - Doriana 3(144):1–5.
Canthylidia	Butler, 1886	Synonym of genus	Butler A. G. 1886b. Description of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera from the Australian region. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1886(4):381–441, pls 9–10.
Capillamentum	Pinhey, 1956	Genus	Pinhey E. C. G. 1956b. Some new Lepidoptera of East Africa. - Occasional Papers of the Natural History Museum in Southern Rhodesia 3(21B):78–82.
Caradrina	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Carandana	Moore, 1884	Synonym of genus
Carcharoda	Hampson, 1910	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1910d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). IX. Noctuidae. - — 9:i–xiv, 1–552.
Cardepia	Hampson, 1905	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–634.
Carelis	Bowden, 1956	Genus	Bowden J. 1956. New species of African stem-boring Agrotidae (Lepidoptera). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 47:415–428.
Carneades	Grote, 1883	Synonym of genus
Cassania	Berio, 1972	Genus	Berio E. 1972a. Nuove specie e genere di Noctuidae Africane e Asiatiche e note sinonimiche. Parte I. - Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 51:169–182.
Catamecia	Staudinger, 1898	Genus	Staudinger O. 1898a. Neue Lepidopteren aus Palaestina. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 10 (1897)(2):271–319, pl. 4.
Centrartha	Janse, 1938	Unavailable name
Centrarthra	Hampson, 1909	Synonym of genus	Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). - — 8:i–xiv, 1–583.
Centrogone	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Centropodia	Hampson, 1908	Synonym of genus
Centropus	Christoph, 1889	Unavailable name	Christoph H. T. 1889. Lepidoptera aus dem Achal-Tekke-Gebiet. IV. – In: Romanoff, N. M. (ed.) Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères. - — 5:1–58.
Certila	Walker, 1865	Synonym of genus
Cetola	Walker, 1855	Genus	Walker F. 1855c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 5:i–iv, 977–1257.
Chabuata	Walker, 1858	Genus	Walker F. 1858b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIII.– Noctuidae. - — 13 (1857):i–iv, 983–1236.
Chaetostephana	Jordan, 1913	Genus	Jordan K. 1913. Agaristidae. – In Seitz: Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. - — 15:1–29.
Chamaepora	Warren, 1909	Synonym of genus
Charadrina	Agassiz, 1847	Synonym of genus
Charelia	Sodoffsky, 1837	Synonym of genus
Charidea	Guenée, 1852	Unavailable name
Charilina	Walker, 1854	Synonym of genus	Walker F. 1854b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 2:i–iv, 279–581.
Charitosemia	Kiriakoff, 1955	Genus	Kiriakoff S. G. 1955d. Contributions à l'étude des Lépidoptères hétérocères (quatrième note). - Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 31(69):1–7.
Chasmina	Walker, 1856	Genus	Walker F. 1856c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IX.– Noctuidae. - — 9:i–iv, 1–252.
Cheligalea	Hampson, 1906	Synonym of genus
Chiripha	Walker, 1865	Genus	Walker F. 1856c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IX.– Noctuidae. - — 9:i–iv, 1–252.
Chloridea	Duncan & Westwood, 1841	Synonym of genus
Choeropais	Jordan, 1913	Genus	Jordan K. 1913. Agaristidae. – In Seitz: Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. - — 15:1–29.
Chopardiana	Viette, 1963	Synonym of genus	Viette P. 1963a. Noctuelles trifides de Madagascar: Ecologie, biogéographie et taxonomie (Lep.). - Annales de la Société entomologique de France 131 (1962)(1):1–294; pls. 1–16.
Chorizagrotis	Smith, 1890	Synonym of genus
Chortodes	Tutt, 1897	Synonym of genus
Chrysodeicis	Hübner, 1826	Unavailable name
Chrysodeixia	Dyar, 1902	Unavailable name
Chrysodeixis	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Chrysodixis	Agassiz, 1846	Synonym of genus
Chytonix	Grote, 1874	Genus	Grote A. R. 1874. List of the Noctuidae of North America. - Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Science 2(1):1–319, pls 1–3.
Chytoryza	Grote, 1876	Synonym of genus
Cirphis	Walker, 1865	Synonym of genus	Walker F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.– Supplement Part 2. - — 32:i–iv, 323–706.
Cirrhia	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Cirrodes	Hampson, 1910	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1910d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). IX. Noctuidae. - — 9:i–xiv, 1–552.
Cirrodiana	Bethune-Baker, 1911	Genus	Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911b. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from tropical Africa. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 8(46):506–542.
Citria	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Claudaxylia	Laporte, 1984	Genus	Laporte B. 1984. Noctuidae (Sauf les Plusiinae). – In: Rougeot, P.-C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1976–1982. Fascicule II. - Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A)128:14–41, pls 1–18.
Cleonymia	Berio, 1966	Genus	Berio E. 1966f. Nomi generici polispecifici di Noctuidae del globo con scelte di species tipo e osservationi. - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 76:41–67.
Cleophana	Boisduval, 1832	Synonym of genus	Boisduval J. B. A., Rambur P.-J. & Graslin A. 1832. Collection iconographique et historique des chenilles, ou description et figures des chenilles d'Europe, avec l'histoire de leurs métamorphoses, et des applications à l'agriculture. - — :1–not numbered.
Clinophlebia	Hampson, 1893	Synonym of genus
Cnephata	Billberg, 1820	Synonym of genus
Cnodifrontia	Hampson, 1902	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255–446.
Cocytia	Treitschke, 1835	Unavailable name	Treitschke F. 1835a. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa (Fortsetzung des Ochsenheimer'schen Werkes). Zweyte Abtheilung der Supplemente. G. Acronycta – Idaea. - — 10(2):[i]–[iv], 1–340.
Cometa	Sodoffsky, 1937	Synonym of genus
Comophorus	Alpheraky, 1887	Unavailable name	Alphéraky S. 1887. Diagnosen einiger neuer centralasiatischer Lepidopteren. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 48:167–171.
Compsotata	Prout, 1907	Genus	Prout L. B. 1907. Compsotata, n. nov., pro Charidea, Guen., Hmpsn., nec Dalman. - The Entomologist 40:109.
Condica	Walker, 1856	Genus	Walker F. 1856c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IX.– Noctuidae. - — 9:i–iv, 1–252.
Conicofrontia	Hampson, 1902	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255–446.
Conicophoria	Matsumura, 1929	Synonym of genus
Conochuza	Berio, 1962	Genus	Berio E. 1962b. Diagnosi di alcune Noctuidae delle isole Seicelle e Aldabra. - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 73:172–180.
Conservula	Grote, 1874	Genus	Grote A. R. 1874. List of the Noctuidae of North America. - Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Science 2(1):1–319, pls 1–3.
Constantiodes	Hampson, 1916	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1916a. In Poulton, E. B. On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(1):91–182, pls. 1–2.
Copicucullia	Smith, 1894	Synonym of genus
Copifrontia	Hampson, 1905	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). - Annals of the South African Museum 3(9):389–438.
Copiphana	Hampson, 1906	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1906a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. VI. Noctuidae - — 6:i–xiv, 1–532.
Cornutiplusia	Kostrowicki, 1961	Genus	Kostrowicki A. S. 1961. Studies on the Palaearctic species of the subfamily Plusiinae (Lepidoptera, Phalaenidae). - Acta zoologica cracoviensia 6:367–472.
Cosmia	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Cotanda	Moore, 1881	Synonym of genus
Crameria	Hübner, 1819	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Cranionycta	de Lattin, 1949	Synonym of genus
Craniophora	Snellen, 1867	Genus	Snellen P. C. T. 1867. De Vlinders van Nederland. Macrolepidoptera. - — :i–xi, 1–763, pls 1–4.
Crassagrotis	Beck, 1991	Synonym of genus
Craterestra	Hampson, 1905	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–634.
Criophasia	Hampson, 1906	Synonym of genus	Hampson G. F. 1906a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. VI. Noctuidae - — 6:i–xiv, 1–532.
Cryphia	Hübner, 1818	Genus	Hübner J. 1818–1825. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge [sic], bestehend in Bekundigung einzelner Fliegmuster neuer oder rarer nichteuropäischer Gattungen. - — :1–32; 1–32; 1–40; 1–48; 1–52, pls 1–172.
Ctenoplusia	Dufay, 1970	Genus	Dufay C. 1970a. Insectes Lépidoptères Noctuidae Plusiinae. - Faune de Madagascar 31:1–202; pls 1–2.
Cucullia	Schrank, 1802	Genus	Schrank F. von Paula 1802. Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Tiere. Zweyter Band zweyte Abtheilung. - — 2(2):1–412.
Curgia	Walker, 1863	Unavailable name
Curubasa	Moore, 1881	Synonym of genus
Cuspidia	Chapman, 1890	Synonym of genus
Cyclopera	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Cytothymia	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Dadica	Moore, 1881	Synonym of genus
Dallolmoia	Berio, 1972	Genus	Berio E. 1972a. Nuove specie e genere di Noctuidae Africane e Asiatiche e note sinonimiche. Parte I. - Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 51:169–182.
Daphoenura	Butler, 1878	Genus	Butler A. G. 1878d. Descriptions of some new genera and species of Lepidoptera from Old Calabar and Madagascar. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 2(12):455–465.
Dargeochaeta	Laporte, 1973	Genus	Laporte B. 1973d. Nouvelles espèces de noctuelles trifides africaines. - Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (3) 126:1485–1494.
Dasypolia	Guenée, 1852	Genus	Guenée A. M. 1852b. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. VI. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome II. - — 6:1–444.
Dasysternum	Staudinger, 1895	Synonym of genus
Daula	Saalmüller, 1891	Genus	Saalmüller M. & von Heyden L. 1891. Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Zweite Abtheilung. Heterocera: Noctuae, Geometrae, Microlepidoptera. - — :247–531, pls 7–14.
Decarynodes	Viette, 1961	Genus	Viette P. 1961b. Descriptions préliminaires de nouvelles espèces de noctuelles de Madagascar IV (Lep. Noctuidae). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 66(1–2):42–54.
Delaveria	Berio, 1980	Synonym of genus
Delta	Saalmüller, 1891	Unavailable name	Saalmüller M. & von Heyden L. 1891. Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Zweite Abtheilung. Heterocera: Noctuae, Geometrae, Microlepidoptera. - — :247–531, pls 7–14.
Deltote	Reichenbach, 1817	Genus	Reichenbach H. G. L. 1817. [Referat über] Leipzig, b. Fleischer d. Jüng.: Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. Von Ferdinand Ochsenheimer. Vierter Band. 1816. X u. 223 S, gr. 8. - Jenaische Allgemeine Literatur-Zeitung 1(35):273–280; (36): 281–288; (37): 289–293.
Dentilymnia	Berio, 1976	Genus	Berio E. 1976a. Nuovi generi e specie di Noctuidae dell'Africa equatoriale (Lepidoptera). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 81:96–123.
Desmophora	Stephens, 1829	Synonym of genus
Diadochia	Püngeler, 1914	Genus	Püngeler R. 1914. Neue palaearktische Macrolepidopteren. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 28:37–55.
Diadocis	Saalmüller, 1891	Genus	Saalmüller M. & von Heyden L. 1891. Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Zweite Abtheilung. Heterocera: Noctuae, Geometrae, Microlepidoptera. - — :247–531, pls 7–14.
Diaphone	Hübner, 1820	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Diargyria	Krüger, 2005	Genus	Krüger M. 2005a. New genera and species of noctuid moths from Lesotho (Lepidoptera, Noctuidea: Noctuidae). - African Entomology 13(1):97–142.
Diarsia	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Dicerogastra	Fletcher D. S., 1961	Genus	Fletcher D. S. 1961. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Noctuidae. - Ruwenzori Expedition 1952 1(7):177–323.
Dichagyris	Lederer, 1857	Genus	Lederer J. 1857b. Die Noctuinen Europa's mit Zuziehung einiger bisher meist dazu gezählter Arten des asiatischen Russland's, Kleinasien's, Syrien's und Labrador's. - — :1–251.
Dichagyris	Lederer, 1857	Synonym of genus
Dimorphinoctua	Viette, 1952	Genus	Viette P. 1952b. Results of the Norwegian scientific expedition to Tristan da Cunha 1937–1938. Lepidoptera. - — 23:1–19, pls 1–3.
Diparopsis	Hampson, 1902	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255–446.
Diphthera		Genus
Diphtherocome	Warren, 1907	Genus	Warren W. 1909–1913. Eulenartige Nachtfalter. – In: Seitz, A. (Ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. 1. Abtheilung. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. - — 3:1–511.
Discestra	Hampson, 1905	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–634.
Disocnemis	Grote, 1883	Synonym of genus
Dissolophus	Butler, 1891	Synonym of genus
Donachlora	Sodoffsky, 1837	Synonym of genus
Donacochlora	Agassiz, 1847	Synonym of genus
Dorika	Moore, 1881	Synonym of genus
Dorstiana	Laporte, 1974	Synonym of genus	Laporte B. 1974a. Diagnoses de nouveaux genres et de plusieurs espèces inédites de Noctuidae trifides (Lépidoptères) d'Ethiopie. - Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 43(6):216–224; (7): 246–251, pls. 1–2.
Douzdrina	de Laever, 1985	Synonym of genus
Drasteriodes	Hampson, 1926	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1926a. Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). - — :1–641.
Dysmilichia	Speiser, 1902	Genus	Speiser P. 1902. Lepidopterologische Notizen. - Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 47(1–2):135–143.
Dysocnemis	Grote, 1890	Synonym of genus
Ecpatia	Turner, 1902	Genus	Turner A. J. 1902. New genera and species of Lepidoptera. - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 27:77–136.
Ecthymia	Berio, 1940	Genus	Berio E. 1940c. Diagnosi di eteroceri africani. - Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 19:125–128.
Ectochela	Hampson, 1902	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255–446.
Ectolopha	Hampson, 1902	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255–446.
Effractilis	Berio, 1977	Genus	Berio E. 1977. Diagnosi di nuovi taxa di Noctuidae del globo (Lepidoptera). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 81:321–339.
Egira	Duponchel, 1845	Genus	Duponchel P. A. J. 1845. Catalogue méthodique des Lépidoptères d'Europe distributés en familles, tribus et genres. - — :1–xxxii, 1–523.
Elaemima	Berio, 1970	Genus	Berio E. 1970. Diagnosi di nuove specie esotiche di Noctuidae (Lepidoptera). - Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana 102(1–2):21–29.
Elaeodes	Hampson, 1913	Unavailable name	Hampson G. F. 1913d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XIII. Noctuidae. - — 13:i–xiv, 1–609.
Elaeodopsis	Prout A. E., 1927	Genus	Prout A. E. 1927. A list of Noctuidae with descriptions of new forms collected in the island of São Thomé by T. A. Barns. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 75:201–232, pl. 1.
Elaphria	Hübner, 1818	Genus	Hübner J. 1818–1825. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge [sic], bestehend in Bekundigung einzelner Fliegmuster neuer oder rarer nichteuropäischer Gattungen. - — :1–32; 1–32; 1–40; 1–48; 1–52, pls 1–172.
Elegarda	Walker, 1865	Synonym of genus
Elydna	Walker, 1858	Synonym of genus
Elyptron	Saalmüller, 1891	Genus	Saalmüller M. & von Heyden L. 1891. Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Zweite Abtheilung. Heterocera: Noctuae, Geometrae, Microlepidoptera. - — :247–531, pls 7–14.
Empusa	Hübner, 1821	Unavailable name
Empusada	Hampson, 1906	Synonym of genus
Engusanacantha	Berio, 1941	Genus	Berio E. 1941b. Contributo alla studio dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea VII. Euchromiidae, Arctiidae, Agaristidae, Lymantriidae, Lasiocampidae, Noctuidae raccolte dal sig. G. Vaccaro nel 1938. - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 61:176–190.
Enteriona	Sodoffsky, 1837	Synonym of genus
Enterpia	Guenée, 1850	Genus	Guenée A. M. 1850a. Note sur la conformation du front dans plusieurs espèces de noctuelles et sur les divisions du genre Clephana. - Annales de la Société entomologique de France (2) 8:233–239.
Eogena	Guenée, 1852	Synonym of genus
Eopaectes	Hulstaert, 1924	Unavailable name
Epa	Bethune-Baker, 1906	Synonym of genus
Epharmottomena	John, 1909	Genus	John O. 1909. A generic subdivision of the genus Palpangula Stgr. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). - Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 9:115–125.
Epicausis	Butler, 1880	Genus	Butler A. G. 1880b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from Madagascar with descriptions of new genera and species. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 5(28):333–344; (29): 384–395.
Epinyctis	Grote, 1882	Synonym of genus
Epischausia	Kiriakoff, 1997	Genus	Kiriakoff S. G. 1977. Lepidoptera Noctuiformes. Agaristidae II. Ethiopian and Madagascan species. - — 98:i–viii, 1–165.
Episcotia	Berio, 1962	Genus	Berio E. 1962d. Descrizione di nuove Noctuidae africane (Euxoinae). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 73:196–208.
Episema	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Epunda	Duponchel, 1845	Synonym of genus
Erastria	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Unavailable name
Eremotrachea	Hacker, 2001	Genus	Hacker H. H. 2001a. Fauna of the Nolidae and Noctuidae of the Levante with descriptions and taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Appendix: Revision genus Clytie Hübner, [1823]. - Esperiana 8:7–398, pls. 1–22.
Eriopana	Kiriakoff, 1974	Synonym of genus	Kiriakoff S. G. & Viette P. 1974. Insectes Lépidoptères Agaristidae. - Faune de Madagascar 39:1–123.
Eriopus	Treitschke, 1825	Synonym of genus
Ethionodes	Hampson, 1918	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1918a. Descriptions of new genera and species of Amatidae, Lithosidae, and Noctuidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 25(1):93–217.
Ethiopica	Hampson, 1909	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). - — 8:i–xiv, 1–583.
Ethioternia	Janse, 1940	Unavailable name
Ethioterpia	Hampson, 1910	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1910d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). IX. Noctuidae. - — 9:i–xiv, 1–552.
Eucalimia	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Euchalcia	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Eucladodes	Fletcher D. S., 1961	Genus	Fletcher D. S. 1961. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Noctuidae. - Ruwenzori Expedition 1952 1(7):177–323.
Eudaphaenura	Viette, 1963	Genus	Viette P. 1963a. Noctuelles trifides de Madagascar: Ecologie, biogéographie et taxonomie (Lep.). - Annales de la Société entomologique de France 131 (1962)(1):1–294; pls. 1–16.
Euderaea	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Eugraphe		Genus
Euherrichia	Grote, 1882	Synonym of genus
Eulaphygma	Butler, 1890	Synonym of genus
Eulepa	Walker, 1863	Synonym of genus
Eulonche	Grote, 1873	Synonym of genus
Eulymnia	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Eumichtis	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Euneophlebia	Berio, 1940	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1940e. Contributo alla conoscenza dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea V. Diagnosi di nuove Noctuidae raccolte da F. Vaccaro nel 1934–37. - Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana 72(8):122–126.
Euphasia	Stephens, 1830	Synonym of genus
Euplexia	Stephens, 1829	Genus	Stephens J. F. 1829a. The nomenclature of British Insects. - — :1–84.
Euscotia	Butler, 1889	Synonym of genus
Eusimplex	Berio, 1977	Genus	Berio E. 1977. Diagnosi di nuovi taxa di Noctuidae del globo (Lepidoptera). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 81:321–339.
Eustegnia	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Eustrotia	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Eutamsia	Fletcher D. S., 1961	Synonym of genus	Fletcher D. S. 1961. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Noctuidae. - Ruwenzori Expedition 1952 1(7):177–323.
Eutelephia	Hampson, 1926	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1926a. Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera Phalaenae of the subfamily Noctuinae (Noctuidae) in the British Museum (Natural History). - — :1–641.
Euterpia	Spuler, 1910	Synonym of genus
Euterpiodes	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Euthales	Hübner, 1820	Synonym of genus
Eutheiaplusia	Dufay, 1970	Genus	Dufay C. 1970a. Insectes Lépidoptères Noctuidae Plusiinae. - Faune de Madagascar 31:1–202; pls 1–2.
Euthemonia	Gistl, 1848	Synonym of genus
Euthytoma	Turner, 1920	Synonym of genus
Eutrostia	Chrétien, 1931	Unavailable name
Euxoa	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Euxootera	Fletcher D. S., 1961	Synonym of genus	Fletcher D. S. 1961. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Noctuidae. - Ruwenzori Expedition 1952 1(7):177–323.
Euxoullia	Berio, 1973	Genus	Berio E. 1973. Nuove specie e genere di Noctuidae Africane e Asiatiche e note sinonimichi. Parte II. - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 79:126–171.
Exarnis	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Exathetis	Janse, 1938	Genus	Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). - — 3:i–xv, 1–435, pls 1–46.
Faronta	Smith, 1908	Genus	Smith J. B. 1908. New species and genera of the lepidopterous family Noctuidae for 1907. Part II. - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 18(2):91–127.
Fascionycta	Kiss, 2017	Genus	Kiss A. 2017. Taxonomic review of the Craniophora s.l. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acronictinae) generic complex with description of 8 new genera and 13 new species. - Zootaxa 4355(1):1–90.
Feliniopsis	Roepke, 1938	Genus	Roepke W. 1938. Über Indomalayische Lepidoptera Heterocera des Kön. Museums für Naturkunde in Brüssel. - Bulletin du Muséum royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique 14(13):1–72.
Feraxinia	Moyal et al., 2010	Genus	Moyal P., Le Ru B., Conlong D., Cugala D., Defabachew B., Matama-Kauma T., Pallangyo B. & van den Berg J. 2010. Systematics and molecular phylogeny of two African stem borer genera, Sciomesa Tams & Bowden and Carelis Bowden (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 100(6):641–659.
Fletcherea	Viette, 1961	Genus	Viette P. 1961b. Descriptions préliminaires de nouvelles espèces de noctuelles de Madagascar IV (Lep. Noctuidae). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 66(1–2):42–54.
Floccifera	Hampson, 1894	Synonym of genus
Formosamyna	Strand, 1920	Synonym of genus
Galactomoia	Fawcett, 1916	Synonym of genus	Fawcett J. M. 1916. Notes on a collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. Feather in British East Africa, 1911–13. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(4):707–737, pl. 1.
Gallopistria	Janse, 1940	Unavailable name
Gaphara	Walker, 1862	Synonym of genus
Georyx	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Gigaglossa	Berio, 1966	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1966e. Descrizione di nuove Noctuidae Africane e note sinonimiche. - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 76:110–136.
Glottula	Guenée, 1837	Synonym of genus	Guenée A. M. 1837. Essai pour servir à la classification des Noctuélides (suite). - Annales de la Société entomologique de France 6:311–367.
Glotulla	Nielsen et al., 1996	Unavailable name	Nielsen E. S., Edwards E. D. & Rangsi T. V. (eds.) 1996. Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. - — 4:1–529.
Gnamptocera	Butler, 1891	Synonym of genus
Godasa	Walker, 1864	Genus	Walker F. 1865a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXI.– Supplement. - — 31 (1864):i–iv, 1–321.
Gonelydna	Hampson, 1910	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1910d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). IX. Noctuidae. - — 9:i–xiv, 1–552.
Gortynodes	Bethune-Baker, 1911	Genus	Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911b. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from tropical Africa. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 8(46):506–542.
Grammarctia	Aurivillius, 1900	Genus	Aurivillius C. 1900a. Diagnosen neuer Lepidopteren aus Afrika 5. - Entomologisk Tidskrift 20 (1899):233–258.
Grammoscelis	Hampson, 1906	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1906a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. VI. Noctuidae - — 6:i–xiv, 1–532.
Graphania	Hampson, 1905	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–634.
Habrostola	Sodoffsky, 1837	Unavailable name	Sodoffsky W. 1837. Etymologische Untersuchungen ueber die Gattungsnamen der Schmetterlinge. - Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 10(6):76–97.
Hadena	Schrank, 1802	Genus	Schrank F. von Paula 1802. Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Tiere. Zweyter Band zweyte Abtheilung. - — 2(2):1–412.
Haderonia	Staudinger, 1895	Genus	Staudinger O. 1896a. Neue paläarktische Lepidopteren. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 8 (1895)(2):288–299.
Hadjina	Staudinger, 1892	Genus	Staudinger O. 1892a. Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren des palaearktischen Faunengebiets. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 4 (1891)(2):224–339.
Hadula	Staudinger, 1889	Genus	Staudinger O. 1889. Centralasiatische Lepidopteren. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 50(1–3):16–60.
Hampsonia	Kozhantschikov, 1950	Unavailable name
Hampsonidia	Inoue, 1958	Synonym of genus
Hapalia	Hübner, 1821	Unavailable name
Haplocestra	Aurivillius, 1910	Genus	Aurivillius C. 1910b. Schmetterlinge gesammelt in Westafrika von Leonardo Fea in den Jahren 1897–1902. - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Ser. 3) 4:494–530.
Haploolophus	Butler, 1891	Synonym of genus
Hebdomochondra	Staudinger, 1879	Synonym of genus
Hecatera	Guenée, 1852	Genus	Guenée A. M. 1852b. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. VI. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome II. - — 6:1–444.
Helicoverpa	Hardwick, 1965	Genus	Hardwick D. F. 1965. The corn earworm complex. - Memoirs of the entomological Society of Canada 40:1–247.
Heliocheilus	Grote, 1865	Genus	Grote A. R. 1865. Descriptions of North American Lepidoptera – No. 6. - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:315–330.
Heliophobus	Boisduval, 1829	Genus	Boisduval J. B. A. 1828. Europaeorum Lepidopterorum Index Methodicus. Pars 1. Sistens genera Papilio, Sphinx, Bombyx et Noctua Lin. - — .
Heliothera	Sodoffsky, 1837	Synonym of genus
Heliothiis	Oliff, 1890	Unavailable name
Heliothis	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Heliothisa	Meigen, 1832	Synonym of genus
Heliotis	Sodoffsky, 1837	Synonym of genus
Hemeraptena	Sodoffsky, 1837	Unavailable name
Hemeroptena	Sodoffsky, 1837	Synonym of genus
Hemipachycera	Butler, 1891	Synonym of genus
Hemituerta	Kiriakoff, 1977	Genus	Kiriakoff S. G. 1977. Lepidoptera Noctuiformes. Agaristidae II. Ethiopian and Madagascan species. - — 98:i–viii, 1–165.
Heraclia	Hübner, 1820	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Hermonassoides	Strand, 1915	Genus	Strand E. 1915a. Lepidoptera aus Bonaberi in Kamerun, gesammelt von Herrn E. Hintz. - Entomologische Mitteilungen 4(4–6):153–167, (7–9): 173–194.
Herrichia	Grote, 1882	Unavailable name
Hespagarista	Walker, 1854	Genus	Walker F. 1854a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 1:i–iv, 1–278.
Hesperimorpha	Saalmüller, 1880	Synonym of genus	Saalmüller M. 1880. Neue Lepidopteren aus Madagascar, die sich in Museum der Senckenberg'schen naturforschenden Gesellschaft befinden. - Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt a.M. 1879–1880:258–310.
Heterocryphia	Beck, 1996	Synonym of genus
Heterographa	Staudinger, 1877	Genus	Staudinger O. 1877. Neue Lepidopteren des europäischen Faunengebiets aus meiner Sammlung. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 38(4–6):175–208.
Hiccoda	Moore, 1882	Genus	Moore F. 1882b. Heterocera (Sphingidae – Hepialidae). – In: Hewitson W. C. & Moore F., Descriptions of new Indian Lepidopterous insects from the collection of Atkinson. - — :1–299, pls 1–8.
Homonacna	Fletcher D. S., 1961	Genus	Fletcher D. S. 1961. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Noctuidae. - Ruwenzori Expedition 1952 1(7):177–323.
Honeyia	Hacker & Fibiger, 2007	Genus	Hacker H. H. & Fibiger M. 2007b. Revision of the African species of the genus Brevipecten Hampson, 1894, with description of the genus Honeyia gen. nov. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). - Esperiana Memoir 3:247–332, pls. 31–42.
Hoplarista	Hampson, 1910	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2):388–510, pls 36–41.
Hugonia	Alpheraky, 1902	Synonym of genus
Hurworthia	Nye, 1975	Synonym of genus
Hyboma	Hübner, 1820	Synonym of genus
Hydrelia	Guenée, 1841	Unavailable name
Hydrillula	Tams, 1938	Synonym of genus
Hyela	Stephens, 1850	Synonym of genus
Hygrostola	Warren, 1913	Genus	Warren W. 1913-1926. Eulenartige Nachtfalter. – In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde, 11. Abtheilung. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Indo-Australischen Faunengebietes. - — 11:1–511.
Hymenodrina	Boursin, 1937	Synonym of genus
Hymenopcryphia	Boursin, 1967	Synonym of genus
Hypercalymnia	Hampson, 1909	Synonym of genus	Hampson G. F. 1909a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VIII. Subfam. Acronyctinae (continued). - — 8:i–xiv, 1–583.
Hyperdasis	Swinhoe, 1901	Unavailable name
Hyperdasys	Butler, 1891	Synonym of genus
Hyperfrontia	Berio, 1962	Genus	Berio E. 1962d. Descrizione di nuove Noctuidae africane (Euxoinae). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 73:196–208.
Hyperiodes	Warren, 1910	Synonym of genus	Warren W. 1909–1913. Eulenartige Nachtfalter. – In: Seitz, A. (Ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. 1. Abtheilung. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. - — 3:1–511.
Hypoperigea	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Hypoplexia	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Hypotuerta	Kiriakoff, 1977	Genus	Kiriakoff S. G. 1977. Lepidoptera Noctuiformes. Agaristidae II. Ethiopian and Madagascan species. - — 98:i–viii, 1–165.
Hypotype	Hampson, 1906	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1906a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. VI. Noctuidae - — 6:i–xiv, 1–532.
Hyssia	Guenée, 1852	Genus	Guenée A. M. 1852a. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. V. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome I. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–407.
Iamba	auct.	Unavailable name
Iambia	Walker, 1863	Genus	Walker F. 1863b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXVII.– Crambites & Tortricites. - — 27:i–iv, 1–286.
Iambiodes	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Ikondiana	Berio, 1972	Genus	Berio E. 1972a. Nuove specie e genere di Noctuidae Africane e Asiatiche e note sinonimiche. Parte I. - Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 51:169–182.
Ilattia	Walker, 1859	Synonym of genus
Inguridia	Butler, 1879	Synonym of genus	Butler A. G. 1879d. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from Madagascar, with notes on some of the forms already described. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 4(21):227–246.
Interdelta	Berio, 1964	Genus	Berio E. 1964g. Osservazione sul gen. Delta Saalm. con descrizione di nuove entità africane (Lepidoptera - Noctuidae). - Doriana 3(144):1–5.
Iranada	Wiltshire, 1977	Genus	Wiltshire E. P. 1977b. The scientific results of the Oman flora and fauna survey 1975. Lepidoptera: Part I Families Cossidae, Pyralidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and Noctuidae. Part II A list of further Lepidoptera-Heterocera from Oman. Part III Pyral... - Journal of Oman Studies Special Rep. 1:155–178.
Jambia	Gaede, 1934	Unavailable name
Jaspidia	Hübner, 1822	Synonym of genus
Jocheaera	Hübner, 1820	Synonym of genus
Kenrickodes	Viette, 1961	Genus	Viette P. 1961b. Descriptions préliminaires de nouvelles espèces de noctuelles de Madagascar IV (Lep. Noctuidae). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 66(1–2):42–54.
Klugeana	Geertsema, 1990	Genus	Geertsema H. 1990a. A new genus and two new species of Cuculliinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from the South-Western Cape Province of South Africa. - Phytophylactica 22(3):273–280.
Koffoleania	Laporte, 1977	Genus	Laporte B. 1977c. Noctuidae (sauf les Plusiinae). – In: Rougeot P. C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1973–1975. Fascicule 1. - Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A)105:51–67.
Kuehneana	Hacker & Saldaitis, 2011	Genus	Hacker H. H. & Saldaitis A. 2011. Noctuidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) Contribution II (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). - Esperiana 16:73–88, pls. 9–10.
Laelapia	Butler, 1879	Genus	Butler A. G. 1879d. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from Madagascar, with notes on some of the forms already described. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 4(21):227–246.
Lagopus	Reichenbach, 1817	Unavailable name
Laphygma	Guenée, 1852	Synonym of genus
Lasiridia	Draudt, 1950	Synonym of genus
Lathosea	Grote, 1881	Synonym of genus
Lecerfia	Dumont, 1920	Synonym of genus
Ledereria	Grote, 1874	Unavailable name
Lepidodelta	Viette, 1967	Synonym of genus	Viette P. 1967c. Noctuelles Trifides de Madagascar: Ecologie, Biogéographie, Morphologie et Taxonomie (Lep.), suite et fin. Insectes Lépidoptères Noctuidae. Amphipyrinae (part.) - Faune de Madagascar 20(2):491–825, pls 13–14.
Lepitoreuma	Grote, 1873	Synonym of genus
Leptologia	Prout L. B., 1901	Synonym of genus
Leucadia	Sodoffsky, 1837	Synonym of genus
Leucagrotis	Beck, 1991	Synonym of genus
Leucania	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Leucochlaena	Hampson, 1906	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1906a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. VI. Noctuidae - — 6:i–xiv, 1–532.
Leucocosmia	Butler, 1886	Synonym of genus
Leucotrachea	Janse, 1937	Genus	Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). - — 3:i–xv, 1–435, pls 1–46.
Leucovis	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Leumicamia	Viette, 1965	Genus	Viette P. 1965b. Noctuelles Trifides de Madagascar: Ecologie, Biogéographie, Morphologie et Taxonomie (Lep.), suite. Insectes Lépidoptères Noctuidae. Amphipyrinae (part.). - Faune de Madagascar 20(1):i–vi, 285–490; pls. 11–12.
Libyphaenis	Hampson, 1918	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1918a. Descriptions of new genera and species of Amatidae, Lithosidae, and Noctuidae. - Novitates Zoologicae 25(1):93–217.
Lochia	Walker, 1865	Synonym of genus
Longivesica	Hardwick, 1970	Synonym of genus
Lophia	Sodoffsky, 1837	Synonym of genus
Lophonotidia	Hampson, 1901	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. - — 3:i–xix, 1–690.
Lophotarsia	Hampson, 1902	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255–446.
Lophotidia	Hampson, 1913	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1913c. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). XII. Noctuidae. - — 12:i–xiii, 1–626.
Lophotyna	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Luceria	Heinemann, 1859	Unavailable name
Luperina	Boisduval, 1828	Genus	Boisduval J. B. A. 1828. Europaeorum Lepidopterorum Index Methodicus. Pars 1. Sistens genera Papilio, Sphinx, Bombyx et Noctua Lin. - — .
Lycanades	Franclemont, 1937	Synonym of genus
Lycophorus	Staudinger, 1901	Genus	Staudinger O. & Rebel H. 1901. Catalogus der Lepidopteren des Paläarktischen Faunengebietes. - — .
Lycophotia	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Mabilleana	Fletcher & Viette, 1962	Genus	Fletcher D. S. & Viette P. 1962. Descriptions de trois nouveaux genres de Noctuelles trifides (Lepid.). - Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 31(1):5–7.
Madathisanotia	Viette, 1970	Genus	Viette P. 1970h. Commentaires sur quelques espèces de Lépidoptères de Madagascar, I. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 75:90–99.
Madecathymia	Viette, 1968	Genus	Viette P. 1968e. Révision des Noctuelles trifides de Madagascar (Lep.) (Premier supplément). - Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 4(3):555–572.
Madegalatha	Viette, 1965	Genus	Viette P. 1965i. Descriptions préliminaires de nouveaux genres et espèces de Noctuidae Amphipyrinae malgaches (Lep.). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 70:85–91.
Madeuplexia	Viette, 1960	Genus	Viette P. 1960d. Descriptions préliminaires de nouvelles espèces de Noctuelles de Madagascar et des Comores, III (Lep. Noctuidae). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 64(1959)(9–10):222–231.
Mageochaeta	Viette, 1965	Genus	Viette P. 1965i. Descriptions préliminaires de nouveaux genres et espèces de Noctuidae Amphipyrinae malgaches (Lep.). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 70:85–91.
Maghadena	Viette, 1963	Genus	Viette P. 1963a. Noctuelles trifides de Madagascar: Ecologie, biogéographie et taxonomie (Lep.). - Annales de la Société entomologique de France 131 (1962)(1):1–294; pls. 1–16.
Magusa	Walker, 1857	Genus	Walker F. 1857b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XI.– Noctuidae. - — 11:i–iv, 493–764.
Maliattha	Walker, 1863	Genus	Walker F. 1863b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXVII.– Crambites & Tortricites. - — 27:i–iv, 1–286.
Malotia	Krüger, 2005	Genus	Krüger M. 2005a. New genera and species of noctuid moths from Lesotho (Lepidoptera, Noctuidea: Noctuidae). - African Entomology 13(1):97–142.
Mamestra	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Manga	Bowden, 1956	Genus	Bowden J. 1956. New species of African stem-boring Agrotidae (Lepidoptera). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 47:415–428.
Maoria	Warren, 1912	Synonym of genus
Masalia	Moore, 1881	Synonym of genus
Massaga	Walker, 1854	Genus	Walker F. 1854b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 2:i–iv, 279–581.
Massagidia	Hampson, 1901	Synonym of genus	Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. - — 3:i–xix, 1–690.
Mastiphanes	Grote, 1882	Synonym of genus
Matarum	Viette, 1976	Genus	Viette P. 1976c. Lépidoptères de la Réunion (= Bourbon) nouveaux au peu connus. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 80 (1975)(7–8):211–218.
Matopo	Distant, 1898	Genus	Distant W. L. 1898b. On a collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 1(3):218–231.
Mazuca	Walker, 1866	Genus	Walker F. 1866b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXV.– Supplement Part 5. - — 35:i–iv, 1535–2040.
Megacronycta	Grote, 1873	Synonym of genus
Megalonycta	Viette, 1965	Genus	Viette P. 1965i. Descriptions préliminaires de nouveaux genres et espèces de Noctuidae Amphipyrinae malgaches (Lep.). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 70:85–91.
Melanarta	Beck, 1991	Unavailable name
Melionica	Berio, 1970	Genus	Berio E. 1970. Diagnosi di nuove specie esotiche di Noctuidae (Lepidoptera). - Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana 102(1–2):21–29.
Mellinia	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Menada	Kozhantschikov, 1937	Synonym of genus
Mentaxya	Geyer, 1837	Genus	Geyer C. 1837. Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge, bestehend in Bekanntmachung einzelner Geschlechter neuer oder seltener Nichteuropäischer Arten. (Fortsetzung des Hübner'schen Werkes). Fünftes Hundert. - — :1–52, figs 401–500.
Meristides	Strand, 1909	Genus	Strand E. 1909d. Lepidoptera aus Deutsch-Ostafrika, gesammelt von Herrn Oberleutnant Wintgens. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 22(2–3):104–121.
Mesembreuxoa	Hampson, 1903	Synonym of genus
Mesoeuxoa	Corti, 1932	Synonym of genus
Mesoligia	Boursin, 1965	Genus	Boursin Ch. 1965. Errata et addenda à mon travail "Les Noctuidae Trifinae de France et de Belgique" paru dans ce même Bulletin, 1964, n° 6, p. 204. - Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 34(6):182–187.
Metagarista	Walker, 1854	Genus	Walker F. 1854a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 1:i–iv, 1–278.
Metalopha	Staudinger, 1891	Genus	Staudinger O. 1892a. Neue Arten und Varietäten von Lepidopteren des palaearktischen Faunengebiets. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 4 (1891)(2):224–339.
Metappana	Viette, 1965	Genus	Viette P. 1965b. Noctuelles Trifides de Madagascar: Ecologie, Biogéographie, Morphologie et Taxonomie (Lep.), suite. Insectes Lépidoptères Noctuidae. Amphipyrinae (part.). - Faune de Madagascar 20(1):i–vi, 285–490; pls. 11–12.
Metaxyja	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Methorasa	Moore, 1881	Synonym of genus
Metlaouia	Dumont, 1928	Synonym of genus
Metopistis	Warren, 1913	Genus	Warren W. 1913-1926. Eulenartige Nachtfalter. – In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde, 11. Abtheilung. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Indo-Australischen Faunengebietes. - — 11:1–511.
Metopoceras	Guenée, 1850	Genus	Guenée A. M. 1850b. Curieuse particularité. - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France (2) 8:xvii–xviii.
Metoponia	Duponchel, 1845	Synonym of genus
Metoponrhis	Staudinger, 1888	Genus	Staudinger O. 1888. Centralasiatische Lepidopteren. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 49(1–3):1–65.
Miana	Stephens, 1829	Synonym of genus
Michelliana	Laporte, 1976	Synonym of genus	Laporte B. 1976. Diagnoses de nouveaux genres et de plusiers espèces inédites de Noctuidae trifinae (Lépidoptères) d'Ethiopie (3e note). - Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 45(3):131–136.
Micheneria	Orfila & Rossi, 1956	Synonym of genus
Micragrotis	Hampson, 1903	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1903a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. IV. Noctuidae. - — 4:i–xx, 1–689.
Micraxylia	Berio, 1962	Genus	Berio E. 1962d. Descrizione di nuove Noctuidae africane (Euxoinae). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 73:196–208.
Microcoelia	Guenée, 1852	Synonym of genus
Microplexia	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Microsemyra	Butler, 1883	Synonym of genus
Mila	Aurivillius, 1892	Synonym of genus	Aurivillius C. 1892. Verzeichniss einer von Herrn Fritz Theorin aus Gabon und dem Gebiete des Camerunflusses heimgebrachten Schmetterlings-Sammlung. II. Heterocera. - Entomologisk Tidskrift 13:181–200.
Milichia	Snellen, 1899	Unavailable name	Snellen P. C. T. 1899a. Synonymische aantekeningen. - Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 41(3–4):194–197.
Militagrotis	Beck, 1991	Synonym of genus
Mimasura	Hampson, 1910	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1910c. Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910(2):388–510, pls 36–41.
Mimetes	Hübner, 1821	Unavailable name
Mimleucania	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Mionides	Hampson, 1902	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255–446.
Miracopa	Draudt, 1950	Synonym of genus
Miropalpa	Berio, 1956	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1956b. Contribution à l'étude des Noctuidae de Madagascar. - Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar (E) 6:109–140.
Misa	Karsch, 1895	Genus	Karsch F. 1895b. Aethiopische Heteroceren. II. - Entomologische Nachrichten 21(23–24):361–379, pls 3–4.
Mithimna	Sodoffsky, 1837	Synonym of genus	Sodoffsky W. 1837. Etymologische Untersuchungen ueber die Gattungsnamen der Schmetterlinge. - Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 10(6):76–97.
Mitrophrys	Karsch, 1895	Genus	Karsch F. 1895b. Aethiopische Heteroceren. II. - Entomologische Nachrichten 21(23–24):361–379, pls 3–4.
Monocondica	Berio, 1981	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1981. Considerazioni sistematiche e corologiche sul gen. Condica Wkr. 1856 (=Platysenta Grote 1874) con riferimento alla nuova spezie C. europaea Parenzan, pima del genere rinvenuta nella' Europa continentale. - Entomologica, Bari 16:89–95.
Mosara	Walker, 1855	Synonym of genus
Musurgina	Jordan, 1921	Genus	Jordan K. 1921a. On the replacement of a lost vein in connection with a stridulating organ in a new agaristid moth from Madagascar, with descriptions of two new genera. - Novitates Zoologicae 28:68–74.
Myalila	Strand, 1909	Genus	Strand E. 1909g. Über einige Schmetterlinge aus Kibwezi in British Ost-Afrika, nebst Bemerkungen über afrikanische Beralade-Arten. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte 75(1):367–374.
Mydrodoxa	Butler, 1880	Genus	Butler A. G. 1880b. On a collection of Lepidoptera from Madagascar with descriptions of new genera and species. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 5(28):333–344; (29): 384–395.
Myrtale	Druce, 1891	Synonym of genus
Mythimna	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Namangana	Staudinger, 1888	Genus	Staudinger O. 1888. Centralasiatische Lepidopteren. - Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 49(1–3):1–65.
Nebrissa	Walker, 1862	Synonym of genus
Neoborolia	Matsumura, 1926	Synonym of genus
Neocleptria	Hampson, 1903	Synonym of genus
Neocucullia	Janse, 1939	Genus	Janse A. J. T. 1939a. On the South African Cuculliae (Noctuidae). - Journal of the entomological Society of Southern Africa 1:78–130, pls 1–4.
Neolaphygma	Hampson, 1908	Synonym of genus
Neoparadigma	Krüger, 2006	Genus	Krüger M. 2006. Corrigendum. Two replacement names in the Noctuidae: Noctuinae (Lepidoptera). - African Entomology 14(1):203.
Neoplusia	Okano, 1963	Synonym of genus	Okano M. 1963. Descriptions of a new species and a new genus of Plusiinae from Japan (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). - Insecta Matsumurana 25(2):91–92.
Neosema	Rebel, 1907	Synonym of genus	Rebel H. 1907a. Lepidopteren aus Südarabien und von der Insel Sokotra. - Denkschriften der österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 71(2):31–130, pl. 1.
Neostichtis	Janse, 1937	Genus	Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). - — 3:i–xv, 1–435, pls 1–46.
Nesaegocera	Kiriakoff, 1974	Genus	Kiriakoff S. G. & Viette P. 1974. Insectes Lépidoptères Agaristidae. - Faune de Madagascar 39:1–123.
Neuranethes	Bethune-Baker, 1911	Genus	Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911b. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from tropical Africa. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 8(46):506–542.
Neuria	Guenée, 1841	Synonym of genus
Nevria	Agassiz, 1847	Synonym of genus
Niphosticta	Turner, 1936	Unavailable name
Nocthadena	Laporte, 1976	Genus	Laporte B. 1976. Diagnoses de nouveaux genres et de plusiers espèces inédites de Noctuidae trifinae (Lépidoptères) d'Ethiopie (3e note). - Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 45(3):131–136.
Noctua	Linnaeus, 1758	Genus	Linnaeus C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, .... Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. - — :i–iv, 1–824.
Noctua	Boisduval, 1829	Unavailable name
Nonagria	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Nubiothis	Beck, 1996	Synonym of genus
Nudifrons	Staudinger, 1897	Synonym of genus	Staudinger O. 1898a. Neue Lepidopteren aus Palaestina. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 10 (1897)(2):271–319, pl. 4.
Numeniastes	Fletcher D. S., 1963	Genus	Fletcher D. S. 1963a. Exploration du Parc National Albert (deuxième série). 1. Geometridae; 2. Noctuidae. - — 15(1):1–70, 14 pls; 2: 71–155, 14 pls.
Nycterophaeta	Smith, 1882	Synonym of genus
Nyctobrya	Boursin, 1957	Synonym of genus
Nyeanella	Viette, 1987	Genus	Viette P. 1987a. Noctuelles quadrifides de Madagascar nouvelles ou peu connues, XI (Lep. Noctuidae). - Lambillionea 87(7–8):82–89.
Nyodes	Laporte, 1971	Genus	Laporte B. 1971. Cinq espèces nouvelles pour l'Afrique de Nyodes nomen novum (Noctuidae Hadeninae). - Entomops 3(20):139–144.
Obana	Walker, 1862	Unavailable name
Ochrocalama	Hampson, 1910	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Ochropleura	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Odontelia	Hampson, 1905	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–634.
Odontestra	Hampson, 1905	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–634.
Odontoretha	Hampson, 1916	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1916a. In Poulton, E. B. On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(1):91–182, pls. 1–2.
Oederemia	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Oediconia	Berio, 1977	Genus	Berio E. 1977. Diagnosi di nuovi taxa di Noctuidae del globo (Lepidoptera). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 81:321–339.
Oediplexia	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Ogygia	Hübner, 1821	Unavailable name
Oligia	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Ommatostolidea	Benjamin, 1933	Synonym of genus
Omphalagria	Hampson, 1910	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1910d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). IX. Noctuidae. - — 9:i–xiv, 1–552.
Omphalestra	Fletcher D. S., 1961	Genus	Fletcher D. S. 1961. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Noctuidae. - Ruwenzori Expedition 1952 1(7):177–323.
Omphaletis	Hampson, 1908	Genus
Omphaloceps	Hampson, 1901	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. - — 3:i–xix, 1–690.
Omphalophana	Hampson, 1906	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1906a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. VI. Noctuidae - — 6:i–xiv, 1–532.
Oncotibialis	Janse, 1938	Genus	Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). - — 3:i–xv, 1–435, pls 1–46.
Oria	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Orosagrotis	Hampson, 1903	Synonym of genus
Ovios	Walker, 1855	Genus	Walker F. 1855a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part III.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 3:i–iv, 583–775.
Oxicesta	Hübner, 1819	Synonym of genus
Oxira	Walker, 1865	Synonym of genus
Ozarba	Walker, 1865	Genus	Walker F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.– Supplement Part 2. - — 32:i–iv, 323–706.
Pachycoa	Hampson, 1916	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1916a. In Poulton, E. B. On a collection of moths made in Somaliland by Mr. W. Feather. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1916(1):91–182, pls. 1–2.
Paida	Jordan, 1896	Genus	Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1896. Notes on Heterocera, with descriptions of new genera and species. - Novitates Zoologicae 3(1):21–62.
Pais	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Palaeographa	Kljutshko, 1983	Synonym of genus
Palafrontia	Hampson, 1908	Synonym of genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Panthauma	Staudinger, 1892	Synonym of genus
Paracaroides	Kenrick, 1917	Genus	Kenrick G. H. 1917. New or little-known Heterocera from Madagascar. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1917:85–101, pls 1–6.
Paracroria	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Paradigma	Krüger, 2005	Unavailable name	Krüger M. 2005a. New genera and species of noctuid moths from Lesotho (Lepidoptera, Noctuidea: Noctuidae). - African Entomology 13(1):97–142.
Paraegocera	Hampson, 1901	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. - — 3:i–xix, 1–690.
Paragrotis	Dyar, 1903	Synonym of genus
Paralophata	Bethune-Baker, 1911	Genus	Bethune-Baker G. T. 1911b. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera from tropical Africa. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 8(46):506–542.
Paraplocia	Aurivillius, 1909	Unavailable name	Aurivillius C. 1909b. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera und Heterocera (Pars I) von Madagaskar, den Comoren und den Inseln Ostafrikas. – In: Voeltzkow, A., Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903–1905. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse. - — 2(4):309–348, pl. 19.
Pararothia	Kiriakoff, 1974	Genus	Kiriakoff S. G. & Viette P. 1974. Insectes Lépidoptères Agaristidae. - Faune de Madagascar 39:1–123.
Parasoloe	Kiriakoff, 1954	Genus	Kiriakoff S. G. 1954c. Contributions à l'étude des Lépidoptères hétérocères. (deuxième note). Noctuiformes nouveaux du Congo belge. - Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 30(29):1–10.
Parastenopterygia	Berio, 1956	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1956b. Contribution à l'étude des Noctuidae de Madagascar. - Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar (E) 6:109–140.
Paratuerta	Hampson, 1902	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255–446.
Parca	Saalmüller, 1891	Genus	Saalmüller M. & von Heyden L. 1891. Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Zweite Abtheilung. Heterocera: Noctuae, Geometrae, Microlepidoptera. - — :247–531, pls 7–14.
Pardoxia	Vives & Gonzales, 1981	Genus	Vives Moreno A. & Gonzalez Prada R. 1981. Contribucion al estudio del genere Xanthodes Guenée, 1852, con la creacion de un genero nuevo. - Shilap, Revista de lepidopterología 9(33):31–34.
Pareuchalcia	Beck, 1991	Synonym of genus
Pareuplexia	Warren, 1911	Genus	Warren W. 1909–1913. Eulenartige Nachtfalter. – In: Seitz, A. (Ed.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. 1. Abtheilung. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Palaearktischen Faunengebietes. - — 3:1–511.
Pariambia	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Peltothis	Beck, 1996	Synonym of genus
Pemphigostola	Strand, 1909	Genus	Strand E. 1909j. Pemphigostola synemonistis Strand, n. g. et n. sp. (Lep.), eine merkwürdige Castniide aus Madagaskar, die zugleich den Typus einer neuen Subfamilie bildet. - Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1909:663–667.
Pentelia	Kiriakoff, 1977	Unavailable name	Kiriakoff S. G. 1977. Lepidoptera Noctuiformes. Agaristidae II. Ethiopian and Madagascan species. - — 98:i–viii, 1–165.
Peridroma	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Perigea	Guenée, 1852	Genus	Guenée A. M. 1852a. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. V. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome I. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–407.
Perimagia	Strand, 1909	Synonym of genus	Strand E. 1909k. Lepidoptera aus Deutsch-Ost-Afrika, gesammelt von Herrn Dr. C. Uhlig. - Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, Guben 3:128–130.
Petilampa	Aurivillius, 1891	Synonym of genus
Phalacra	Staudinger, 1892	Unavailable name	Staudinger O. 1892e. Die Macrolepidopteren des Amurgebietes. I. Teil. – In: Romanoff N. M. (Ed.), Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères. - — 6:83–658, pls. 4–14.
Phalakra	Speiser, 1902	Unavailable name	Speiser P. 1902. Lepidopterologische Notizen. - Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 47(1–2):135–143.
Phalerodes	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Pharetra	Hübner, 1820	Unavailable name
Philorgyia	Grote, 1896	Synonym of genus
Philostola	Billbery, 1820	Synonym of genus	Billberg G. J. 1820. Enumeratio Insectorum in Museo Gust. Joh. Billberg. - — :1–138.
Phleboeis	Christoph, 1887	Synonym of genus
Phlebois	Spuler, 1905	Synonym of genus
Phoperigea	Viette, 1965	Genus	Viette P. 1965i. Descriptions préliminaires de nouveaux genres et espèces de Noctuidae Amphipyrinae malgaches (Lep.). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 70:85–91.
Photedes	Lederer, 1857	Genus	Lederer J. 1857b. Die Noctuinen Europa's mit Zuziehung einiger bisher meist dazu gezählter Arten des asiatischen Russland's, Kleinasien's, Syrien's und Labrador's. - — :1–251.
Phragmatiphila		Genus
Phyllophila	Guenée, 1852	Genus	Guenée A. M. 1852b. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. VI. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome II. - — 6:1–444.
Pidagrotis	Beck, 1991	Synonym of genus
Pirateolea	Moyal et al., 2010	Genus	Moyal P., Le Ru B., Conlong D., Cugala D., Defabachew B., Matama-Kauma T., Pallangyo B. & van den Berg J. 2010. Systematics and molecular phylogeny of two African stem borer genera, Sciomesa Tams & Bowden and Carelis Bowden (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 100(6):641–659.
Plataplecta	Butler, 1878	Synonym of genus
Platydasys	Butler, 1892	Synonym of genus
Platysenta	Grote, 1874	Synonym of genus
Pleonectopoda	Grote, 1873	Synonym of genus
Plusia	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Plusiopalpa	Holland, 1894	Genus	Holland W. J. 1894b. New and undescribed genera and species of West African Noctuidae. - Psyche 7(213):7–10, 27–34, 36, 47–50, 67–70, 83–90, 109–128, 141–144, pls 1–5.
Plusiophaes	Prout, 1921	Genus	Prout A. E. 1921a. New Lepidoptera collected by Mr. T. A. Barns, in East Central Africa. III.– New Noctuidae. - Bulletin of the Hill Museum 1(1):119–138, pl. 17.
Plusiotricha	Holland, 1894	Genus	Holland W. J. 1894b. New and undescribed genera and species of West African Noctuidae. - Psyche 7(213):7–10, 27–34, 36, 47–50, 67–70, 83–90, 109–128, 141–144, pls 1–5.
Pluxilloides	Berio, 1944	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1944. Missione biologica Sagan-Omo diretta dal Prof. E. Zavattari. Lepidoptera Agaristidae e Noctuidae. - Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 23:74–79.
Poecilia	Schrank, 1802	Unavailable name
Poecopa	Bowden, 1956	Genus	Bowden J. 1956. New species of African stem-boring Agrotidae (Lepidoptera). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 47:415–428.
Poeonoma	Tams & Bowden, 1953	Genus	Tams W. H. T. & Bowden J. 1953. A revision of the African species of Sesamia Guenée and related genera (Agrotidae, Lepidoptera). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 43(4):645–678, pls. 1–6.
Polacanthopoda	Hampson, 1901	Synonym of genus	Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. - — 3:i–xix, 1–690.
Polia	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Polymixis	Hübner, 1820	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Polytela	Guenée, 1852	Genus	Guenée A. M. 1852a. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. V. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome I. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–407.
Polytelodes	Hampson, 1905	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1905a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. V. Noctuidae. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–634.
Porosagrotis	Smith, 1890	Synonym of genus
Porrotha	Gistl, 1848	Synonym of genus
Powellinia	Oberthür, 1912	Genus	Oberthür C. 1912. VII. Révision des Phalénites décrites par Guenée dans le Species General des Lépidoptères (Tome IX) – Famille 11. - Etudes de Lépidoptérologie comparée 6:223–355, pls 1–64 coloured + 1–69 black and white.
Pradatta	Moore, 1881	Synonym of genus
Pristoceraea	Karsch, 1895	Genus	Karsch F. 1895a. Aethiopische Heteroceren. I. - Entomologische Nachrichten 21(22):337–360, pls 1–2.
Procanthia	Hampson, 1900	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1900c. The moths of South Africa (Part 1). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(3):33–66.
Procrateria	Hampson, 1905	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). - Annals of the South African Museum 3(9):389–438.
Procus	Agassiz, 1846	Synonym of genus
Prodenia	Guenée, 1852	Synonym of genus
Prolymnia	Hampson, 1911	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1911. Descriptions of new genera and species of Syntomidae, Arctiadae, Agaristidae, and Noctuidae. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 8(46):393–445.
Prolyncestis	Viette, 1971	Genus	Viette P. 1971d. Noctuelles quadrifides de Madagascar nouvelles ou peu connues, VI (Lep. Noctuidae). - Bulletin de Madagascar 298:271–284.
Promionides	Berio, 1966	Genus	Berio E. 1966e. Descrizione di nuove Noctuidae Africane e note sinonimiche. - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 76:110–136.
Propenistra	Berio, 1980	Synonym of genus
Proschaliphora	Hampson, 1901	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. - — 3:i–xix, 1–690.
Prospalta	Walker, 1858	Genus	Walker F. 1858b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XIII.– Noctuidae. - — 13 (1857):i–iv, 983–1236.
Protoleucania	McDunnough, 1937	Synonym of genus
Protoschinia	Hardwick, 1970	Synonym of genus	Hardwick D. F. 1970. A generic revision of the North American Heliothidinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). - Memoirs of the entomological Society of Canada 73.
Prototrachea	Viette, 1965	Genus	Viette P. 1965b. Noctuelles Trifides de Madagascar: Ecologie, Biogéographie, Morphologie et Taxonomie (Lep.), suite. Insectes Lépidoptères Noctuidae. Amphipyrinae (part.). - Faune de Madagascar 20(1):i–vi, 285–490; pls. 11–12.
Proxenus	Herrich-Schäffer, 1850	Synonym of genus
Psammophila	Stephens, 1850	Unavailable name
Psectraxylia	Fletcher D. S., 1961	Genus	Fletcher D. S. 1961. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Noctuidae. - Ruwenzori Expedition 1952 1(7):177–323.
Pseudagoma	Kiriakoff, 1975	Genus	Kiriakoff S. G. 1975c. Agaristidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) nouveaux africains. - Bulletin & Annales de la Société royale belge d'Entomologie 111:197–203.
Pseudamathes	Hampson, 1910	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1910d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). IX. Noctuidae. - — 9:i–xiv, 1–552.
Pseudcraspedia	Hampson, 1898	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1898b. The moths of India. Supplementary paper to the volumes in "The fauna of British India". Part III. - Journal of the Bombay natural History Society 11(4):698–724.
Pseudelaeodes	Viette, 1965	Genus	Viette P. 1965i. Descriptions préliminaires de nouveaux genres et espèces de Noctuidae Amphipyrinae malgaches (Lep.). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 70:85–91.
Pseudelyptron	Berio, 1962	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1962d. Descrizione di nuove Noctuidae africane (Euxoinae). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 73:196–208.
Pseudepunda	Butler, 1890	Synonym of genus
Pseudochalcia	Klyuchko, 1984	Synonym of genus
Pseudocopicucullia	Dumont, 1928	Synonym of genus
Pseudohadena	Alphéraky, 1889	Genus	Alphéraky S. 1889. Sur quelques Lépidoptères de la Russie méridionale. – In: Romanoff N. M. (Ed.), Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères. - — 5:233–239, pl. 12.
Pseudoleucania	McDunnough, 1937	Unavailable name
Pseudonycterophaeta	Berio, 1934	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1934. Lepidotteri raccolti dal Prof. L. Cipriani nel Fezzan (1932). - Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana 66(1):124–127.
Pseudopais	Bartel, 1903	Genus	Bartel M. 1903c. Neue und wenig bekannte Arten und Gattungen der Agaristiden des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin. - Verhandlungen der zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft Wien 53:120–130.
Pseudophyllophila	Berio, 1977	Synonym of genus
Pseudoplusia	McDunnough, 1944	Synonym of genus
Pseudopolia	Turati, 1924	Synonym of genus
Pseudopseustis	Hampson, 1910	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1910d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). IX. Noctuidae. - — 9:i–xiv, 1–552.
Pseudospiris	Butler, 1895	Genus	Butler A. G. 1895b. On Lepidoptera recently collected in British East Africa by Mr. G. F. Scott Elliot. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1895:722–742, pls 42–43.
Pseudotryphia	Berio, 1976	Genus	Berio E. 1976a. Nuovi generi e specie di Noctuidae dell'Africa equatoriale (Lepidoptera). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 81:96–123.
Pseudotuerta	Kiriakoff, 1977	Genus	Kiriakoff S. G. 1977. Lepidoptera Noctuiformes. Agaristidae II. Ethiopian and Madagascan species. - — 98:i–viii, 1–165.
Pseudozarba	Warren, 1913	Genus	Warren W. 1913-1926. Eulenartige Nachtfalter. – In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde, 11. Abtheilung. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge des Indo-Australischen Faunengebietes. - — 11:1–511.
Pteraetholix	Grote, 1873	Synonym of genus
Pteronycta	Fawcett, 1918	Synonym of genus
Pudorina	Gistl, 1848	Synonym of genus
Pusillathetis	Berio, 1976	Genus	Berio E. 1976a. Nuovi generi e specie di Noctuidae dell'Africa equatoriale (Lepidoptera). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 81:96–123.
Putagrotis	Beck, 1991	Synonym of genus
Quadratala	Berio, 1976	Genus	Berio E. 1976a. Nuovi generi e specie di Noctuidae dell'Africa equatoriale (Lepidoptera). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 81:96–123.
Rabila	Walker, 1865	Genus	Walker F. 1865b. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXII.– Supplement Part 2. - — 32:i–iv, 323–706.
Radinacra	Butler, 1878	Synonym of genus
Radingoes	Poole, 1989	Unavailable name
Radinogoes	Butler, 1886	Synonym of genus
Raghuva	Moore, 1881	Synonym of genus	Moore F. 1881a. Description of new genera and species of Asiatic nocturnal Lepidoptera. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881:326–380.
Ramesodes	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Rancora	Smith, 1892	Synonym of genus
Raphia	Agassiz, 1847	Synonym of genus
Raphia	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Rhabdophana	Sodoffsky, 1837	Synonym of genus
Rhabinopteryx	Christoph, 1889	Genus	Christoph H. T. 1889. Lepidoptera aus dem Achal-Tekke-Gebiet. IV. – In: Romanoff, N. M. (ed.) Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères. - — 5:1–58.
Rhizogramma	Lederer, 1857	Synonym of genus
Rhizotype	Hampson, 1906	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1906a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. VI. Noctuidae - — 6:i–xiv, 1–532.
Rhodochlaena	Hampson, 1906	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1906a. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. VI. Noctuidae - — 6:i–xiv, 1–532.
Rhodocleptria	Hampson, 1903	Synonym of genus
Rhodosea	Grote, 1883	Synonym of genus
Rhodotarache	Warren, 1914	Synonym of genus	Warren W. 1914b. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the South African Museum. - Annals of the South African Museum 10(12):467–510, pls 40–41.
Rhoptrotrichia	Butler, 1891	Synonym of genus
Riadhia	Wiltshire, 1961	Genus	Wiltshire E. P. 1961b. A new genus, eight new species, seven new forms and notes on the Lepidoptera of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Iran. - Journal of the Bombay natural History Society 58(3):608–631.
Rothia	Westwood, 1877	Genus	Westwood J. O. 1877. A monograph of the lepidopterous genus Castnia and some allied genera. - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2) 1:155–297, pls 28–33.
Rougeotia	Laporte, 1974	Genus	Laporte B. 1974a. Diagnoses de nouveaux genres et de plusieurs espèces inédites de Noctuidae trifides (Lépidoptères) d'Ethiopie. - Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 43(6):216–224; (7): 246–251, pls. 1–2.
Rungsianea	Viette, 1963	Genus	Viette P. 1963a. Noctuelles trifides de Madagascar: Ecologie, biogéographie et taxonomie (Lep.). - Annales de la Société entomologique de France 131 (1962)(1):1–294; pls. 1–16.
Rusidrina	Staudinger, 1892	Synonym of genus
Saalmuellerana	Fletcher & Viette, 1962	Genus	Fletcher D. S. & Viette P. 1962. Descriptions de trois nouveaux genres de Noctuelles trifides (Lepid.). - Bulletin mensuel de la Société linnéenne de Lyon 31(1):5–7.
Saaluncifera	Berio, 1966	Genus	Berio E. 1966e. Descrizione di nuove Noctuidae Africane e note sinonimiche. - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 76:110–136.
Salacia	Boie, 1839	Unavailable name	Boie F. 1839. In: Freyer C. F., Nachrichten über einige Falterarten. - Zeitschrift für die Entomologie, Germar 1:387–393.
Salacia	Boie, 1839	Unavailable name
Saligena	Walker, 1865	Synonym of genus
Saltia	Tams, 1952	Genus	Tams W. H. T. 1952. Three new high mountain moths from East Africa (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12) 5(57):869–874.
Sasunaga	Moore, 1881	Synonym of genus	Moore F. 1881a. Description of new genera and species of Asiatic nocturnal Lepidoptera. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881:326–380.
Schausia	Karsch, 1895	Genus	Karsch F. 1895b. Aethiopische Heteroceren. II. - Entomologische Nachrichten 21(23–24):361–379, pls 3–4.
Schausilla	Kiriakoff, 1974	Genus	Kiriakoff S. G. & Viette P. 1974. Insectes Lépidoptères Agaristidae. - Faune de Madagascar 39:1–123.
Schinia	Hübner, 1818	Genus	Hübner J. 1818–1825. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge [sic], bestehend in Bekundigung einzelner Fliegmuster neuer oder rarer nichteuropäischer Gattungen. - — :1–32; 1–32; 1–40; 1–48; 1–52, pls 1–172.
Sciatta	Walker, 1869	Genus	Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo. - Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow 1:325–378, pls 5–7.
Sciomesa	Tams & Bowden, 1953	Genus	Tams W. H. T. & Bowden J. 1953. A revision of the African species of Sesamia Guenée and related genera (Agrotidae, Lepidoptera). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 43(4):645–678, pls. 1–6.
Sclereuxoa	Berio, 1977	Genus	Berio E. 1977. Diagnosi di nuovi taxa di Noctuidae del globo (Lepidoptera). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 81:321–339.
Scopariopsis	Strand, 1909	Genus	Strand E. 1909b. Über einige hauptsächlich aus Kamerun stammende afrikanische Heteroceren im Berliner Museum. - Entomologische Rundschau 26(23):140–141, (24): 145.
Scotia	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Scrobigera	Jordan, 1896	Genus	Rothschild W. & Jordan K. 1896. Notes on Heterocera, with descriptions of new genera and species. - Novitates Zoologicae 3(1):21–62.
Sculptifrontia	Berio, 1966	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1966e. Descrizione di nuove Noctuidae Africane e note sinonimiche. - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 76:110–136.
Scythobrya	Boursin, 1960	Synonym of genus
Scythocentropus	Speiser, 1902	Genus	Speiser P. 1902. Lepidopterologische Notizen. - Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 47(1–2):135–143.
Selenistis	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Semaphora	Guenée, 1841	Synonym of genus
Sematophora	Agassiz, 1847	Synonym of genus
Sergiusia	Nye, 1980	Genus	Watson A., Fletcher D. S. & Nye I. W. B. 1980. Noctuoidea (part): Arctiidae, Cocytiidae, Ctenuchidae, Dilobidae, Dioptidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae, Strepsimanidae, Thaumetopoeidae, Thyretidae. – In: Nye I. W. B. (ed.), The generic names of moths of the world. Volume 2. - — 2:i–xiv, 1–228.
Sesamia	Guenée, 1852	Genus	Guenée A. M. 1852a. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. V. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome I. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–407.
Shargacucullia	Ronkay & Ronkay, 1992	Genus	Ronkay G. & Ronkay L. 1988b. Taxonomic studies on the Palaearctic Cuculliinae, Part IV. The stigmatophora-group (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). - Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 80:91–103.
Shensiplusia	Chou & Lu, 1974	Synonym of genus
Sideridis	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Simyra	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Synonym of genus
Solgaitiana	Laporte, 1984	Genus	Laporte B. 1984. Noctuidae (Sauf les Plusiinae). – In: Rougeot, P.-C., Missions entomologiques en Ethiopie 1976–1982. Fascicule II. - Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A)128:14–41, pls 1–18.
Somalibrya	Berio, 1976	Genus	Berio E. 1976a. Nuovi generi e specie di Noctuidae dell'Africa equatoriale (Lepidoptera). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 81:96–123.
Sophaga	Moore, 1881	Synonym of genus
Speia	Tams & Bowden, 1953	Genus	Tams W. H. T. & Bowden J. 1953. A revision of the African species of Sesamia Guenée and related genera (Agrotidae, Lepidoptera). - Bulletin of Entomological Research 43(4):645–678, pls. 1–6.
Spodoptera	Guenée, 1852	Genus	Guenée A. M. 1852a. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. V. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome I. - — 5:i–xvi, 1–407.
Stenopterygia	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Stenosoma	Turati, 1924	Unavailable name
Stenosomides	Strand, 1942	Synonym of genus
Stenostigma	Warren, 1910	Synonym of genus
Stigmoplusia	Dufay, 1970	Genus	Dufay C. 1970a. Insectes Lépidoptères Noctuidae Plusiinae. - Faune de Madagascar 31:1–202; pls 1–2.
Stilbotis	Berio, 1962	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1962d. Descrizione di nuove Noctuidae africane (Euxoinae). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 73:196–208.
Stomafrontia	Hampson, 1905	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1905b. The moths of South Africa (part III). - Annals of the South African Museum 3(9):389–438.
Strepselydna	Warren, 1911	Synonym of genus
Stridova	Walker, 1869	Synonym of genus	Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo. - Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow 1:325–378, pls 5–7.
Stygiathetis	Hampson, 1908	Synonym of genus
Subacronicta	Kozhantschikov, 1950	Synonym of genus
Syfanoidea	Bartel, 1903	Genus	Bartel M. 1903c. Neue und wenig bekannte Arten und Gattungen der Agaristiden des Kgl. Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin. - Verhandlungen der zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft Wien 53:120–130.
Syncalama	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Syngrapha	Hübner, 1821	Genus	Hübner J. 1816–1826. Verzeichnis bekannter Schmettlinge [sic]. - — :1–432.
Synia	Duponchel, 1845	Synonym of genus
Syrrusis	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Syrrusoides	Laporte, 1972	Genus	Laporte B. 1972a. Nouvelles espèces de noctuelles trifides d'Afrique et de Madagascar (Lep.). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 77(7–8):237–249.
Taeniopyga	Wallengren, 1858	Synonym of genus	Wallengren H. D. J. 1858. Nye Fjäril-slägten. - Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 15:75–84, 135–142, 209–215.
Tanocryx	Viette, 1965	Genus	Viette P. 1965i. Descriptions préliminaires de nouveaux genres et espèces de Noctuidae Amphipyrinae malgaches (Lep.). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 70:85–91.
Tapinostola	Lederer, 1857	Synonym of genus
Tarache	Hübner, 1823	Synonym of genus
Tectorea	Berio, 1955	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1956b. Contribution à l'étude des Noctuidae de Madagascar. - Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar (E) 6:109–140.
Tegarpagon	Berio, 1955	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1956b. Contribution à l'étude des Noctuidae de Madagascar. - Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar (E) 6:109–140.
Teinoptera	Calberla, 1891	Genus	Calberla H. 1891. Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Alphons Stübel in Palästina und Syrien gesammelten Lepidopteren, darunter 3 neue Arten. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 4(1):34–52.
Telmia	Hübner, 1821	Synonym of genus
Tetrachela	Hampson, 1918	Synonym of genus
Tetrapyrgia	Walker, 1865	Synonym of genus
Thalatha	Walker, 1862	Genus	Walker F. 1862d. Catalogue of the Heterocerous Lepidopterous insects collected at Sarawak, in Borneo, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with descriptions of new species. - Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society. Zoology 6(2):82–145, 171–198.
Thargelia	Püngeler, 1899	Genus	Püngeler R. 1899. Neue Macrolepidopteren aus Central-Asien. - Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, Iris 12:95–106, 288–299.
Thiacidas	Walker, 1855	Genus	Walker F. 1855c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part V.– Lepidoptera Heterocera. - — 5:i–iv, 977–1257.
Tholeropsis	Berio, 1977	Genus	Berio E. 1977. Diagnosi di nuovi taxa di Noctuidae del globo (Lepidoptera). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria 81:321–339.
Thysanoplusia	Ichinose, 1973	Genus	Ichinose T. 1973. A revision of some genera of the Japanese Plusiinae, with descriptions of a new genus and two new subgenera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). - Kontyu 41:135–140.
Tiliacea	Tutt, 1896	Synonym of genus
Tima	Walker, 1858	Unavailable name
Timaea	Saalmüller, 1891	Unavailable name
Timora	Walker, 1856	Genus	Walker F. 1856c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IX.– Noctuidae. - — 9:i–iv, 1–252.
Trachea	Ochsenheimer, 1916	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Trachea	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Tracheplexia	Janse, 1937	Genus	Janse A. J. T. 1937–1939. The Moths of South Africa. Volume III. Cymatophoridae, Callidulidae and Noctuidae (Partim). - — 3:i–xv, 1–435, pls 1–46.
Triaena	Hübner, 1818	Synonym of genus
Tribunophora	Hübner, 1822	Synonym of genus
Tricholonche	Grote, 1896	Synonym of genus
Trichoplusia	McDunnough, 1944	Genus	McDunnough J. H. 1944. Revision of the North American genera and species of the Phalaenid subfamily Plusiinae (Lepidoptera). - Memoirs of the southern California Academy of Sciences 2:175–232, 6 pls.
Trichorhiza	Hampson, 1905	Synonym of genus
Trichotarache	Grote, 1875	Synonym of genus
Tricraterifrontia	Berio, 1940	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1940g. Contributo alla conoscenza dei lepidotteri eteroceri dell'Eritrea VI. Eteroceri raccolti dal cap. Richini ad Adi-Abuna (Adua) nel Marzo 1940. - Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana 72(10):161–165.
Trigeminostola	Beck, 1991	Synonym of genus	Beck H. 1991. Taxonomische Änderungen bei den Noctuinae, Cuculliinae und Plusiinae (Noctuidae, Lepidoptera). - Atalanta, Würzburg 2(2–4):175–232.
Trilophia	Turner, 1943	Synonym of genus
Trisula	Moore, 1858	Synonym of genus
Trisulana	Bethune-Baker, 1911	Synonym of genus
Tritomoceras	Berio, 1980	Synonym of genus
Tschetwerikovia	Bundel, 1956	Synonym of genus
Tuerta	Walker, 1869	Genus	Walker F. 1869b. In: Chapman T., On some lepidopterous insects from Congo. - Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Glasgow 1:325–378, pls 5–7.
Tuertella	Kiriakoff, 1977	Genus	Kiriakoff S. G. 1977. Lepidoptera Noctuiformes. Agaristidae II. Ethiopian and Madagascan species. - — 98:i–viii, 1–165.
Tumidifrontia	Hampson, 1902	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1902a. The moths of South Africa (Part II). - Annals of the South African Museum 2(10):255–446.
Tunocaria	Viette, 1961	Genus	Viette P. 1961b. Descriptions préliminaires de nouvelles espèces de noctuelles de Madagascar IV (Lep. Noctuidae). - Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 66(1–2):42–54.
Tycomarptes	Fletcher D. S., 1961	Genus	Fletcher D. S. 1961. Ruwenzori Expedition 1952. – Noctuidae. - Ruwenzori Expedition 1952 1(7):177–323.
Ulochlaena	Lederer, 1857	Genus	Lederer J. 1857b. Die Noctuinen Europa's mit Zuziehung einiger bisher meist dazu gezählter Arten des asiatischen Russland's, Kleinasien's, Syrien's und Labrador's. - — :1–251.
Unca	Lhomme, 1929	Synonym of genus	Lhomme L. 1935–1946. Catalogue des lépidoptères de France et de Belgique. - — 2:1–487.
Uniramodes	Berio, 1976	Genus	Berio E. 1976a. Nuovi generi e specie di Noctuidae dell'Africa equatoriale (Lepidoptera). - Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 81:96–123.
Uollega	Berio, 1945	Synonym of genus	Berio E. 1945. Reperti di nuove Noctuidae dell'Africa orientale. - Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 24:81–83.
Veymeria	Hampson, 1901	Synonym of genus	Hampson G. F. 1901d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. III. Arctiadae (Arctianae) and Agaristidae. - — 3:i–xix, 1–690.
Vietteania	Rungs, 1956	Genus	Rungs Ch. 1956. Contribution à l'étude des Leucania auct. de Madagascar (Lepid., Phalaenidae, Hadenidae). - Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar (E) 6 (1955):65–108, pls 1–4.
Viminia	Chapman, 1890	Synonym of genus
Vittaplusia	Behounek, Ronkay & Ronkay, 2010	Genus	Behounek G., Ronkay L. & Ronkay G. 2010. The Witt Catalogue. A taxonomic atlas of the Eurasian and North African Noctuoidea. Plusiinae II. - — :1–280, incl. 39 colour plates.
Volazaha	Viette, 1971	Genus	Viette P. 1971d. Noctuelles quadrifides de Madagascar nouvelles ou peu connues, VI (Lep. Noctuidae). - Bulletin de Madagascar 298:271–284.
Vulcanica	Berio, 1970	Genus	Berio E. 1970. Diagnosi di nuove specie esotiche di Noctuidae (Lepidoptera). - Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana 102(1–2):21–29.
Weymeria	Karsch, 1895	Genus	Karsch F. 1895b. Aethiopische Heteroceren. II. - Entomologische Nachrichten 21(23–24):361–379, pls 3–4.
Xantha	Billberg, 1820	Unavailable name
Xanthia	Ochsenheimer, 1816	Genus	Ochsenheimer F. 1816. Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. - — 4:i–x, 1–226.
Xanthodes	Guenée, 1852	Genus	Guenée A. M. 1852b. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. VI. Species général des Lépidoptères. Noctuélites. Tome II. - — 6:1–444.
Xanthograpta	Hampson, 1910	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1910e. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). X. Noctuidae. - — 10:i–xix, 1–829.
Xanthospilopteryx	Wallengren, 1858	Synonym of genus	Wallengren H. D. J. 1858. Nye Fjäril-slägten. - Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 15:75–84, 135–142, 209–215.
Xipholeucania	Sugi, 1970	Synonym of genus
Xylomania	Hampson, 1905	Synonym of genus
Xylomyges	Guenée, 1852	Synonym of genus
Xylostola	Hampson, 1908	Genus	Hampson G. F. 1908b. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) VII. Subfam. Acronyctinae. - — 7:i–xv, 1–709.
Yigoga	Nye, 1975	Synonym of genus
Yula	Bethune-Baker, 1906	Synonym of genus
Zacthys	Viette, 1973	Genus	Viette P. 1973f. Nouvelles noctuelles de Madagascar (Lepidoptera). - Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (N.S.) 3(3):185–191.