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Noctua Boisduval, 1828

Higher taxa: Noctuidae (family)/  Noctuinae (subfamily)/  Noctuini (tribe)/  Agrotina (subtribe)/  Noctua (genus)/ 
Status:Misapplied , the accepted name is Agrotis
Authorship:Boisduval, 1828
Citation:Noctua
Taxon remarks:Type species: Phalaena exclamationis Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae (Edn 10), 1: 515. By subsequent designation by Duponchel , 1829. Histoire naturelle des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de France 7(2): 71. A junior homonym of Noctua Linnaeus, 1758. The subjective replacement name is Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1816.
Publication:Boisduval J. B. A. 1828. Europaeorum Lepidopterorum Index Methodicus. Pars 1. Sistens genera Papilio, Sphinx, Bombyx et Noctua Lin.
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