Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Noctuidae
Acronictinae
Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816
Phalaena leporina Linnaeus, 1758
= Apatele Hübner, [1806]: [1] (rejected name, ICZN opinion 96)
= Apatele Hübner, [1808] (rejected name, ICZN opinion 789)
= Apatelae Ochsenheimer, 1816 (unavailable name)
= Apatele Hübner, 1818 (unavailable name)
= Hyboma Hübner, [1820] 1816: 200 (TS: Noctua strigosa [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775: 88)
= Jocheaera Hübner, [1820] 1816: 201 (TS: Phalaena (Noctua) alni Linnaeus, 1767: 845 (preocc. Bolten, 1798)
= Arctomyscis Hübner, [1820]: 202 (TS: Phalaena aceris Linnaeus, 1758: 514)
= Apatele Hübner, 1822: 21, 28 (TS: Phalaena leporina Linnaeus, 1758: 510)
= Acronycta Treitschke, 1825: 3 (unjustified emendation for Acronicta)
= Cometa Sodoffsky, 1837: 85 (unnec. repl. for Acronicta)
= Microcoelia Guenée, 1852: 33 (TS: Microcoelia fragilis Guenée, 1852: 34)
= Megacronycta Grote, 1873: 79 (TS: Phalaena hastulifera Smith, 1797, in Smith & Abbot: 183, pl. 92)
= Lepitoreuma Grote, 1873: 80 (TS: Acronycta ovata Grote, 1873: 80, pl. 2, f. 14)
= Eulonche Grote, 1873: 81 (TS: Phalaena oblinita Smith, 1797, in Smith & Abbot: 187, pl. 94)
= Plataplecta Butler, 1878: 195 (TS: Polia soluta Walker, 1865: 723)
= Mastiphanes Grote, 1882: 23 (TS: Acronycta longa Guenée, 1852: 54
= Tricholonche Grote, 1896: 16 (TS: Acronycta afflicta Grote, 1864: 438)
= Philorgyia Grote, 1896: 17 (TS: Acronycta luteicoma Grote & Robinson, 1870: 179, pl. 2, f. 83)
= Agriopodes Hampson, 1909: 37 (TS: Moma fallax Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]: 80, 1 (11): f. 211)
= Subacronicta Kozhanchikov, 1950: 456 (TS: Noctua megacephala [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775: 67)
= Simyra Ochsenheimer, 1816: 81 (TS: Noctua nervosa [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775: 85, by subsequent designation by Westwood (1840): 97. Although published simultaneously with Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816, Rota et al. (2016) designated Acronicta as the senior name in order to provide greater nomenclatural stability)
= Hylonycta Sugi, 1979: 249 (TS: Acronycta carbonaria Graeser, 1889: 252)
= Molybdonycta Sugi, 1979 (TS: Acronycta omorii Matsumura, 1926: 3, pl. 1, f. 2)
= Apatela; Stephens, 1829 (an incorrect spelling)
= Acronyctia; Meigen, 1831 (an incorrect spelling)
= Artomyscis; Butler, 1879 (an incorrect spelling)
= Arctomycis; Poole, 1889 (an incorrect spelling)
Acronicta albicosta Hampson, 1909 (Simyra)
Nilgiris
Distribution
Nilgiris
Western Ghats