Biology:Noctuites

Short description: Extinct genus of moths

Noctuites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	unassigned
Genus:	†Noctuites Heer, 1849
Synonyms
Xyleutites Kozhanchikov, 1957

Noctuites is a genus of extinct moths in the Noctuoidea superfamily. This genus was originally designated to accommodate noctuids of uncertain association. Most noctuoid fossils are incomplete, making them hard to place in a modern phylogeny of Noctuoidea. For this reason the genus has not been assigned to a family.

Species

• †Noctuites caucasicus Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
• †Noctuites deperditus Heer, 1856, described from Aix-en-Provence in France and dated to the Late Oligocene–Early Miocene boundary.
• †Noctuites effosus Heer, 1849 (= Noctuites effossus Handlirsch, 1908), described from Croatia and dated to the Early Miocene.
• †Noctuites gersdorfi Kernbach, 1967, described from Germany and dated to the Late Pliocene.
• †Noctuites haidingeri Heer, 1849, described from Croatia and dated to the Early Miocene.
• †Noctuites incertissimus Oustalet, 1870, described from France and dated to the Late Oligocene.
• †Noctuites kaspievi Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
• †Noctuites kozhantshikovi Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
• †Noctuites kusnezovi Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
• †Noctuites maximus Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
• †Noctuites miocenicus (Kozhanchikov, 1957) (described as Xyleutites miocenicus), described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
• †Noctuites radobojana Kozlov, 1988, described from Croatia and dated to the Early Miocene.
• †Noctuites stavropolicus Kozlov, 1988, described from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.

Unnamed fossils

A further three unnamed fossil species have been assigned to this genus:

• Undescribed species Hope, 1836 (originally referred to Noctua)
• Undescribed species Kozlov, 1988, from the Stavropol Territory of Russia and dated to the Middle Miocene.
• Undescribed species Lomnicki, 1894 (originally referred to Noctua), from Ukraine and dated to the Pleistocene.

References

• Sohn, J.-C. et al. 2012: An annotated catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola) of the world. Zootaxa, 3286: 1-132

Wikidata ☰ Q7046480 entry