Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Noctuidae
Noctuinae
Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1816
Noctua segetum [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775
= Scotia Hübner, [1821] 1816: 226 (TS: Noctua cinerea [Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775: 80
= Agronoma Hübner, [1821] 1816: 227 (TS: Noctua valligera [Denis & Schiffermuller], 1775: 80)
= Georyx Hübner, [1821] 1816: 227 (TS: Noctua segetum [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775: 81)
= Noctua Boisduval, 1828: 63 (TS: Phalaena exclamationis Linnaeus, 1758: 515). Noctua Boisduval is a junior homonym of Noctua Linnaeus, 1758. There is no objective replacement name, but P. exclamationis is congeneric with Noctua segetum [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, the type species of Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1816. The latter is therefore available for use as the subjective replacement name.
= Psammophila Stephens, 1850: 72 (TS: Noctua ripae Hübner, [1823]: pl. 151). Psammophila Stephens is a junior homonym of Psammophila Brown, 1827: pl. 12 (Mollusca). There is no objective replacement name but N. ripae is congeneric wdth Noctua segetum [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, the type species of Agrotis Ochsenheimer, 1816. The latter is therefore available for use as the subjective replacement name.
= Tetrapyrgia Walker, 1865: 711 (TS: Tetrapyrgia graphiphorides Walker, 1865: 712)
= Elegarda Walker, 1865: 712 (TS: Agrotis dorsicinis Walker, 1858: 1701)
= Porosagrotis Smith, 1890: 123 (TS: Agrotis muraenula Grote & Robinson, 1868: 352)
= Lycophorus Staudinger, in Staudinger & Rebel, 1901: 154 (TS: Comophorus villosus Alpheraky, 1887: 169). Lycophorus was proposed as the objective replacement name for Comophorus Alpheraky, 1887.
= Comophorus Alphéraky, 1887: 168 (TS: Comophorus villosus Alpheraky, 1887). A junior homonym of Comophorus Agassiz, 1846 [1847]: 95, 96 (Pisces). The objective replacement name is Lycophorus Staudinger, 1901).
= Onychagrotis Hampson, 1903: 465 (TS: Agrotis rileyana Morrison, 1874: 166)
= Neosema Rebel, 1907: 55 (TS: Neosema sesamioides Rebel, 1907: 55)
= Powellinia Oberthür, 1912: 330 (TS: Luperina lasserrei Oberthür, 1881: 86)
= Brachypteragrotis Viette, 1959: 25 (TS: Brachypteragrotis patricei Viette, 1959: 25)
= Crassagrotis Beck, [1992] 1991: 180 (TS: Phalaena (Noctua) bigramma Esper, [1790]: pl. 150, f. 2)
= Putagrotis Beck, [1992] 1991: 181 (TS: Noctua puta Hübner, [1803]: pl. 52, f. 255)
= Leucagrotis Beck, [1992] 1991: 181 (TS: Agrotis graslinii Rambur, 1848: 70, pl. 1, f. 1–2)
= Militagrotis Beck, [1992] 1991: 181 (TS: Agrotis militaris Staudinger, 1888: 247)
= Striagrotis Beck, 1996: 91 (TS: Noctua fatidica Hübner, [1824]: pl. 152, f. 704–705)
= Exagrotis Beck, 1996: 91 (repl. Noctua Boisduval, 1828) (TS: Phalaena (Noctua) exclamationis Linnaeus, 1758: 515)
= Ripagrotis Beck, 1996: 92 (repl. Psammophila Stephens, [1850]) (TS: Noctua ripae Hübner, [1823]: pl. 151, f. 702–703)
= Spinagrotis Beck, 1996: 92 (TS: Agrotis biconica Kollar, in Hügel, [1844]: 480)
= Schawagrotis Beck, 1996: 92 (TS: Agrotis schawerdai Bytinski-Salz, 1937: 198)
= Agrotis Hübner, [1806]: 1. Included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes by Int. Commn zool. Nom., 1926, Opinion 97: 19.
= Paroragrotis; Dod, 1910: 396 (An incorrect subsequent spelling)
Agrotis ipsilon Hüfnagel, 1766 (Phalaena)
Berlin (Germany, Europe)
= Noctua suffusa [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775: 80 (TL: Vienna (Switzerland, Europe))
= Phalaena (Bombyx) idonea Cramer, 1780–1782 [1780]: 150, pl. 275, f. h (TL: New York (USA))
= Bombyx spinula Esper, 1786: pl. 63, f. 6–7 (TL: Europe)
= Phalaena (Bombyx) spinifera Villers, 1789: 174 (TL: France (Europe))
= Phalaena spinula Donovan, 1801: 52, pl. 345, f. 2–3 (preocc. Bombyx spinula Esper, 1786)
= Bombyx spiniferus Haworth, 1803: 114 (TL: UK (Europe))
= Agrotis telifera Harris, 1841: 323 (preocc. Agrotis telifera Donzel, 1837) (TL: Massachusetts (USA))
= Agrotis bipars Walker, [1857] 1856: 334 (TL: Venezuela (South America))
= Agrotis frivola Wallengren, 1860: 169 (TL: Montevideo [Uruguay] (South America))
= Agrotis suffussa var. pepoli Bertolini, 1874: 139 (TL: Bondeno (Italy, Europe))
= Agrotis aureolum Schaus, 1898: 107 (TL: Castro, Parana, Brasil (South America))
= Agrotis ypsilon f. juncta Lucas, 1959: 204 TL: Meyendel
Worldwide two subspecies, <i>Agrotis i. ipsilon</i>, cosmopolitan in distribution, and <i>A. i. aneituma</i> (Walker, 1865) distributed in Indonesia and New Hebrides.
Distribution
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
Deccan Peninsula, Gangetic Plain, Indian Himalaya, North East, Semi Arid, Western Ghats