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Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Noctuidae

Subfamily

Noctuinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Genus

Athetis Hübner, [1821] 1816

Type Species

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)

Subgenus

Leucocosmia Butler, 1886

Type Species

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).

Species/Subspecies

Athetis (Leucocosmia ) thoracica Moore, 1884 (Radinacra)

Type Locality

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.)

Ladakh Jammu & Kashmir Uttarakhand Sikkim Punjab Bihar WestBengal Odisha Maharashtra Karnataka Goa Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Kerala Arunachal Pradesh Assam Meghalaya Tripura Manipur Mizoram Rajasthan Gujarat Jharkhand Chhattisgarh Uttar Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Nagaland Haryana Delhi Himachal Pradesh Telengana Andaman & Nikobar Island Lakshadweep

Distribution

Specific Records

Nilgiris

States/Union Territories

Karnataka, Maharashtra

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Western Ghats