Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Noctuidae
Noctuinae
Athetis Hübner, [1821] 1816
Noctua dasychira Hübner, [1817]
= Hydrilla Boisduval, 1840 [in part, preoccupied]
= Elydna Walker, 1858: 1712 (TS: Elydna transversa Walker, 1858: 1713)
= Nebrissa Walker, 1862: 194 (TS: Nebrissa bimacula Walker, 1862: 194)
= Radinacra Butler, 1878: 161 (TS: Radinacra palpalis Butler, 1878: 161)
= Radinogoes Butler, 1886: 393 (TS: Radinogoes tenuis Butler, 1886: 394)
= Floccifera Hampson, 1894: 281 (TS: Aletia erigida Swinhoe, 1890: 221)
= Stygiathetis Hampson, 1908: 8 (TS: Radinacra mus Hampson, 1891: 14, 77)
= Tectorea Berio, 1955: 118 (TS: Caradrina nitens Saalmüller, 1891: 276)
Leucocosmia Butler, 1886
Leucocosmia ceres Butler, 1886
= Curgia Walker, [1863] 1864: 166 (TS: Curgia nonagrica Walker, [1863] 1864: 166). Curgia Walker, [1863] 1864 is a junior homonym of Curgia Walker, 1860: 179 (Neuroptera). There is no objective replacement name but C. nonagrica is the senior subjective synonym of Leucocosmia ceres Butler, 1886, the type species of Leucocosmia Butler, 1886. The latter is therefore available for use as a subjective replacement name (Nye 1975).
Athetis (Leucocosmia ) thoracica Moore, 1884 (Radinacra)
Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
= Leucocosmia ceres Butler, 1886: 394 (TL: Viti Island, Fiji)
= Caradrina euthusa Hampson, 1891: 79 (TL: Nilgiri district)
= Caradrina heliarcha Meyrick, 1897: 370 (TL: Brisbane, Queensland (Australia))
= Caradrina unipunctata Bethune-Baker, 1906: 201 (TL: Ekeikei, British New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
= Leucocosmia nigripuncta Warren, 1913: 178 (infrasubsp.)
Distribution
Nilgiris
Karnataka, Maharashtra
Western Ghats