Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Noctuidae
Noctuinae
Euxoa Hübner, [1821] 1816
Noctua decora [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775
= Mimetes Hübner, [1821] 1816: 210 (TS: Noctua nebulosa Hübner, [1808]: pl. 86). Mimetes Hübner is a junior homonym of Mimetes Eschscholtz, 1818: 467 (Coleoptera). There is no objective replacement name, but N. nebulosa is a junior subjective synonym of Noctua decora [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, the type species of Euxoa Hübner, [1821]. The latter is therefore available for use as a subjective replacement name).
= Metaxyja Hübner, [1821] 1816: 223 (TS: Phalaena vitta Esper, 1789: pl. 143)
= Exarnis Hübner, [1821] 1816: 225 (TS: Noctua ruris Hübner, [1809]: Pl. 89)
= Brotis Hübner, [1821] 1816: 226 (TS: Noctua fumosa [Denis & Schifiermüller], 1775: 81)
= Telmia Hübner, [1821] 1816: 228 (TS: Noctua sagitta Hübner, [1813]: pl. 130)
= Carneades Grote, 1883: 4 (TS: Carneades moerens Grote, 1883: 4). Carneades Grote is a junior homonym of Carneades Bates, 1869: 387 (Coleoptera). The objective replacement name is Paragrotis Dyar, 1902.
= Paragrotis Dyar, 1902: 140 (TS: Carneades moerens Grote, 1883: 4). Paragrotis was proposed as the objective replacement name for Carneades Grote, 1883; but Dyar attributed Paragrotis to F. C. Pratt, and this has been followed by Neave (1940): 570.
= Mimetis; Hampson, 1903: 153 (An incorrect subsequent spelling)
= Metaxyia; Hampson, 1903: 153 (An incorrect subsequent spelling)
= Prosagrotis; Warren, in Seitz, 1911: 251 (An incorrect subsequent spelling)
Chorizagrotis Smith, 1890
Agrotis auxiliaris Grote, 1873
= Mesoeuxoa Corti, in Seitz, 1932: 38 (TS: Phalaena lidia Stoll, in Cramer, [1782]: 222). Mesoeuxoa Corti is not strictly nomenclaturally available under Article 13 (6) as it was published after 1930 and had no definite fixation of a type species. It is currently accepted as a junior subjective synonym of Chorizagrotis Smith, 1890.
Euxoa (Chorizagrotis ) adumbrata Eversmann, 1842 (Agrotis)
Kasan district (Russia)
= Agrotis norwegica Staudinger, 1861: 383 (TL: Dovrefjeld, Norway)
= Agrotis polygonides Staudinger, 1874: 94 (TL: Near Kurusch, Northwest Caucasus)
= Agrotis polygonides f. obscura Staudinger, 1874: 94 (TL: Caucasus)
= Agrotis lidia var. inexpectata Alphéraky, 1897: 158, pl. 11, f. 8 (TL: Sidemi)
= Agrotis variegata Wagner, 1913: 3 (TL: Ili region (China))
= Agrotis melania Nagano, 1918: 490 (TL: Japan)
= Euxoa arenacea Kozhanchikov, 1923: 32 (TL: Minussinsk (Russia))
= Euxoa (Mesoeuxoa) expugnata Corti, 1932: 42 (TL: Altyn-Tagh; Aksu (China))
= Euxoa (Chorizagrotis) inexpectata pamiricola Kozhanchikov, 1937: 645 (TL: Chorog, Pamir (Tajikistan))
= Euxoa norwegica obscura Nordström, 1937: 41
= Euxoa (Chorizagrotis) friedeli Pinker, 1980: 65, pl. 1 (TL: Gürün, Asia Minor)
Worldwide three subspecies, <i>E. a. adumbrata</i> (TL: Russia), <i>E. a. drewseni</i> (Staudinger, 1857) (TL: Greenland), and <i>E. a. thanatologia</i> (Dyar, 1904) (TL: British Columbia, Canada).
Distribution
Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand
Indian Himalaya