Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea
Noctuidae
Noctuinae
Mythimna Ochsenheimer, 1816
Phalaena turca Linnaeus, 1761
= Philostola Billberg, 1820: 87 (TS: Phalaena turca Linnaeus, 1761: 322). Philostola is a junior objective synonym of Mythimna Ochsenheimer, 1816.
= Aletia Hübner, [1821] 1816: 239 (TS: Noctua vitellina Hübner, [1808]: pl. 81)
= Heliophila Hübner, 1822: 20, 32 (TS: Phalaena pallens Linnaeus, 1758: 510). A junior homonym of Heliophila King, 1807: 227 (Hymenoptera). There is no objective replacement name, but P. pallens is congeneric with N. vitellina Hübner, the type species of Aletia Hübner, [1821], which should therefore be used as the subjective replacement name.
= Leucania Boisduval, 1829: 82. A junior homonym of Leucania Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Lepidoptera; Noctuidae). There is no objective replacement name, but P. pallens is congeneric with N. vitellina Hübner, the type species of Aletia Hübner, [1821], which should therefore be used as the subjective replacement name.
= Mithimna Sodoffsky, 1837: 87. An unjustified emendation of Mythimna Ochsenheimer, 1816.
= Hyperiodes Warren, in Seitz, 1910: 94 (TS: Phalaena turca Linnaeus, 1761: 322). Hyperiodes is a junior objective synonym of Mythimna Ochsenheimer, 1816.
= Borolia Moore, 1881: 334 (TS: Borolia fasciata Moore, 1881: 334)
= Mythymima Berio, 1970: 22 (TS: Mythymima arcuata Berio, 1970: 22)
= Conithimna Beck, 1999.
= Pudothimna Beck, 1999.
= Heliophila Hübner, [1806]: [1] (rej.) Included in a work rejected for nomenclatural purposes by Int. Commn zool. Nom., 1926, Smithson, misc. Colins 73 (4) Opinion 97: 19.
= Boralia; Wileman, 1912: 147 (An incorrect subsequent spelling)
Morphopoliana Hreblay & Legrain, 1996
Hadena consanguis Guenée, 1852
Mythimna (Morphopoliana ) languida Walker, 1858 (Hadena)
Port Natal (South Africa)
= Mamestra zachii Bohatsch, 1880: 406 (TL: Syria)
= Mamestra abbas Bethune-Baker, 1894: 40, pl. 1, f. 8 (TL: Alexandria [Egypt, Africa])
= Borolia sesamiodes Hampson, 1905: 575, pl. 95, f. 17 (TL: hammam-es-Salahin, Algeria (Africa))
Distribution
India