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Lygephila Billberg, 1820

Lygephila Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 85, TS: Phalaena lusoria Linnaeus
Asticta Hübner, [1823]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (17): 266, TS: Noctua procax Hübner

= ; [POOLE]

Toxocampa Guenée, 1841; Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 10: 75, TS: Ophiusa limosa Treitschke

= Asticta Hübner, 1823; [NACL, 124]
= ; [POOLE]

Eccrita Lederer, 1857; Die Noctuinen Europa's, ... : 207, TS: Phalaena ludicra Hübner

= ; [POOLE]

Tathorhynchus Hampson, 1894; Fauna Br. India (Moths) 2: 268, TS: Scopula vinctalis Walker

= ; [NE10, 31]

Xymehops Viette, 1954; Ann. Mus. Congo, Tervuren, Zool. 1: 557, TS: Xymehops nigra Viette

Asticta (Catocalinae) ; [NACL, 124] Lygephila (Ophiderinae) ; [POOLE] Lygephila (Toxocampina) ; [NE10, 20, 31, 121]

Tathorhyncus ; Bethune-Baker, 1911, (missp.) Tathorhynchus (Amphipyrinae) ; [POOLE] Tathorhynchus (Hypeninae) ; [NACL, 122] Tathorhynchus (Catocalinae) ; [AUCL]

Lygephila craccae (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

SEU, CEU - S.Siberia, China, Japan. See [About maps] Sinivirnayökkönen Scarce Blackneck
Noctua craccae Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 94, TL: Vienna region
Phalaena nigricollis Villiers, 1789
Ophiusa craccae lutosa Warren, 1913
Toxocampa craccae caliginosa Schawerda, 1931
Lygephila herrerai Yela, 1990

= ; [NE10, 128]

Lygephila craccae, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Lygephila craccae, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Lygephila craccae, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Lygephila craccae, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Lygephila (Lygephila) craccae ; [NE10: 128, pl. 10, f. 35-46, gen. 93, 191]

1000x622 (~98Kb) Northern Greece, Axios Delta, 5/8/1995, Photo © Dylan Lloyd leg.	1000x650 (~80Kb) Hungary, Hungary, Heves county, Gyöngyös, Sár-hegy (erdészház), 29.VII.2004, Photo © Tamás Baranyi, Tamás Korompai	1000x650 (~75Kb) Hungary, Hungary, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Baskó, belterület, 16.VI.2003, Photo © Tamás Baranyi
1000x650 (~77Kb) Hungary, Hungary, Hajdú-Bihar county, Létavértes, homokbánya, 16.IX.2003, Photo © Tamás Baranyi, Tamás Korompai	1000x650 (~77Kb) Hungary, Hungary, Heves county, Gyöngyös, Sár-hegy (Szent Anna-tó), 15.VII.2003, Photo © Tamás Baranyi, Vilmos Polonyi	1000x650 (~76Kb) Hungary, Hungary, Heves county, Gyöngyös, Sár-hegy (Szent Anna-tó), 17.VII.2003, Photo © Tamás Baranyi, Vilmos Polonyi
1000x650 (~85Kb) Hungary, Hungary, Heves county, Gyöngyös, Sár-hegy (erdészház), 31.VII.2004, Photo © Tamás Baranyi, Tamás Korompai	436x424 (~29Kb)

Larva on Vicia

?L. c. grisea (Warren, 1913)

Ophiusa craccae grisea Warren, 1913
Lygephila (Lygephila) craccae grisea ; [NE10, 121 (?)]

?L. c. laevigata (Warren, 1913)

Ophiusa craccae laevigata Warren, 1913
Lygephila (Lygephila) craccae laevigata ; [NE10, 121 (?)]

L. c. riata (Rungs, 1952)

Toxocampa craccae riata Rungs, 1952
Lygephila (Lygephila) craccae riata ; [NE10, 121]

?L. c. centralasiae (Sheljuzhko, 1955)

Toxocampa craccae centralasiae Sheljuzhko, 1955
Lygephila (Lygephila) craccae centralasiae ; [NE10, 121 (?)]

Lygephila fonti Yela & Calle, 1990

Spain. See [About maps] Lygephila fonti Yela & Calle, 1990; Misc. Zool. 12 (1988): 205, TL: Spain, Jaén, Sierra de Cazorla, Arroy de las Truchas
Lygephila (Lygephila) fonti ; [NE10: 125, pl. 11, f. 9-11, gen. 95, 193]

Lygephila glycyrrhizae (Staudinger, 1871)

Spain, N.Africa. See [About maps] Toxocampa glycyrrhizae Staudinger, 1871; in Staudinger & Wocke, Cat. Lepid. europ. Faunegeb.: 140, TL: Andalucia
Lygephila (Lygephila) glycyrrhizae ; [NE10: 125, pl. 10, f. 9-12, gen. 88, 186]

Lygephila lubrica (Freyer, 1846)

S.Urals, S.Siberia, Altai, Tian-Shan Mts., Mongolia. See [About maps] Ophiusa lubrica Freyer, 1846; Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 6 : 7, pl. 483, f. 4
Toxocampa lubrica sublubrica Staudinger, 1896
Toxocampa lubrica lubrosa Staudinger, 1901
Lygephila (Lygephila) lubrica ; [NE10: 123, pl. 10, f. 18-25, gen. 90, 188]

Lygephila ludicra (Hübner, 1790)

N.Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Asia Minor, S.Urals - Amurland. See [About maps] Phalaena ludicra Hübner, 1790
Toxocampa ichinosawana Matsumura, 1925
Lygephila (Lygephila) ludicra ; [NE10, 121]

Larva on Onobrychis viciaefolia [NE10, 124]

L. l. gracilis (Staudinger, 1879)

Eccrita ludicra gracilis Staudinger, 1879
Lygephila (Lygephila) ludicra gracilis ; [NE10, 121]

Lygephila lusoria (Linnaeus, 1758)

CEU, SEEU. See [About maps] Phalaena lusoria Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 506, TL: [Germany]
Ophiusa orobi Duponchel, [1842]
Lygephila (Lygephila) lusoria ; [NE10: 122, pl. 11, f. 1-8, gen. 94, 192]

1000x650 (~83Kb) Hungary, Hungary, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Aggtelek, Béke-barlang, 28.VI.2002, Photo © Tamás Baranyi, Vilmos Polonyi, János Dobos, Gábor Szerényi

1000x650 (~80Kb) Hungary, Hungary, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Aggtelek, Béke-barlang, 28.VI.2002, Photo © Tamás Baranyi, Vilmos Polonyi, János Dobos, Gábor Szerényi

1000x650 (~90Kb) Hungary, Hungary, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Aggtelek, Béke-barlang, 28.VI.2002, Photo © Tamás Baranyi, Vilmos Polonyi, János Dobos, Gábor Szerényi

Larva on Vicia, Astragalus [NE10, 123]

L. l. amasina (Staudinger, 1878)

Toxocampa lusoria amasina Staudinger, 1878
Lygephila (Lygephila) lusoria amasina ; [NE10, 121]

?L. l. sublutea (Warren, 1913)

Ophiusa lusoria sublutea Warren, 1913
Lygephila (Lygephila) lusoria sublutea ; [NE10, 121 (?)]

Lygephila pastinum (Treitschke, 1826)

EU, Siberia, China, Japan. See [About maps] Hakasvirnayökkönen Blackneck Nierenfleck-Wickeneule
Ophiusa pastinum Treitschke, 1826; Schmett. Eur. 5 (3): 297, TL: Vienna district
Ophiusa astragali Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]
Toxocampa pastinum dilutior Staudinger, 1892
Toxocampa graciosissima Bryk, 1948; (1949?)
Lygephila pastinum, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Lygephila pastinum, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Lygephila pastinum, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Lygephila pastinum, UK Moths [Ian Kimber]
Lygephila (Lygephila) pastinum ; [NE10, 121]

622x434 (~63Kb) Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Schönenberg, Röhricht (8°49'E, 48°57'N, 230m), 13.06.2000, Photo © Karl Hofsäß	740x550 (~100Kb) Russia, Moscow, 10.7 - 15.8.2004, Photo © D. Smirnov	1000x650 (~75Kb) Hungary, Hungary, Hajdú-Bihar county, Álmosd, Kék-Kálló-völgye, 06.IX.2002, Photo © Tamás Baranyi
1000x650 (~77Kb) Hungary, Hungary, Hajdú-Bihar county, Álmosd, Kék-Kálló-völgye, 25.VII.2000, Photo © Tamás Baranyi	440x428 (~29Kb)

Larva on Vicia, V. cracca, Astragalus, Coronilla [NE10, 127]

Lygephila procax (Hübner, [1813])

Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece, Asia Minor. See [About maps] Noctua procax Hübner, [1813]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [4] : pl. 146 (1819-1822), : f. 510 (1809-1813), TL: [Europe]
Asticta proclivis Hübner, [1823]
Ophiusa limosa Treitschke, 1826
Toxocampa decolor Bang-Haas, 1912
Lygephila (Lygephila) procax ; [NE10: 129, pl. 10, f. 13-17, gen. 89, 187]

Larva on Vicia, Coronilla, Colutea, Lathyrus [NE10, 129]

Lygephila viciae (Hübner, [1822])

EU, Siberia, China, Japan. See [About maps] Sumuvirnayökkönen
Noctua viciae Hübner, [1822]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [4] : pl. 146 (1819-1822), f. 671-673
Ophiusa viciae coronillae Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Toxocampa stigmata Wileman, 1911
Lygephila viciae, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Lygephila viciae, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Lygephila (Lygephila) viciae ; [NE10: 127, pl. 10, f. 26-30, gen. 91, 189]

1000x650 (~83Kb) Hungary, Hungary, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Baskó, belterület, 12.VI.1999, Photo © Tamás Baranyi

1000x650 (~83Kb) Hungary, Hungary, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Baskó, belterület, 16.VI.2003, Photo © Tamás Baranyi

356x272 (~16Kb)

Larva on Vicia, Lathyrus, Viola

Lygephila exsiccata (Lederer, 1855)

Canary Islands, N.Africa, Tropical Asia, Tropical Africa, introduced (Dominica, Argentina). See [About maps] Spintherops exsiccata Lederer, 1855; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 5: 204, TL: [Lebanon] Beirut
Scopula vinctalis Walker, [1866]

= exsiccatus Lederer, 1855˛; [NACL, #8466]
= ; [NE10, 121]

Platysenta angustiorata Grote, 1882

= exsiccatus Lederer, 1855˛; [NACL, #8466]
= ; [NE10, 121]

Tathorhyncus[sic] greuteri Koutsaftikis, 1973

= ; [NE10, 121]

Tathorhynchus exsiccatus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Tathorhynchus exsiccatus, Noctuid Search (record) [NOCTS]
Tathorhynchus exsiccatus, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Tathorhynchus exsiccatus ; [NACL, #8466]
Lygephila (Tathorhynchus) exsiccata ; [NE10: 130, pl. 10, f. 4-8, gen. 87, 185]

Larva on Indigofera tinctoria, Medicago sativa, Spartium junceum [NE10, 131]

L. e. fallax (Swinhoe, 1902)

Australia, Norfolk Is. Tathorhynchus fallax Swinhoe, 1902
Tathorhynchus fallax, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Tathorhynchus fallax ; [AUCL]
Lygephila (Tathorhynchus) exsiccata fallax ; [NE10, 121]

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References:

[AUCL]

Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[Bruce Walsh]

Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[Dylan Lloyd]

Hafanedd, Deiniol Rd., Bangor, Wales, U.K., LL57 2UP; Last known e-mail and url (neither works); e-mail: Dylan Lloyd; http://www.bangor.ac.uk/~bss035/comett/wwmoth.htm

[HBN]

Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2

[Ian Kimber]

http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/

[Karl Hofsäß]

Karl Hofsaess; e-mail: Karl Hofsäß

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NE10]

Goater, Ronkay & Fibiger, 2003; Catocalinae & Plusiinae - Noctuidae Europaeae; Volume 10, 252pp

[NOCTS]

Noctuid Search; An Interactive Key to Identify the Noctuidae of North America; e-mail: teichlin@cdfa.ca.gov Thomas D. Eichlin; e-mail: skinnee@cdfa.ca.gov Scott A. Kinnee; Dennis E. Mayhew; Ronald E. Somerby; Charles S. Papp

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[POOLE]

Poole, R. W, 1989; Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series, Fasc. 118)

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[Tamás Baranyi]

Tamás Baranyi

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This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Freyer, 1846

Neuere Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde mit Abbildungen nach der Natur. (81-100) Neuere Beitr. Schmett. 6 : 1-20 (1846), 21-82 (1848), 83-104 (1849), 105-146 (1850), 147-198 (1851), (title page) (1852)

Hampson, 1894

Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma Fauna Br. India (Moths) 2: 609pp

Hübner, [1813]; Hübner, [1822]

Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. IV. Noctuae - Eulen ("Dritte Band") Samml. eur. Schmett. [4] (Ziefer?): 155-194, : pl. 1-74, f. 1-345 (1800-1803), pl. 75-86, f. 346-405 (1803-1808), pl. 87-96, f. 406-455 (1808-1809), pl. 97-134, f. 456-615 (1809-1813), pl. 135-139, f. 616-638 (1814-1817), pl. 140-141, f. 639-647 (1818-1819), pl. 142-150, f. 648-697 (1819-1822), pl. 151, f. 698-703 (1823), pl. 152-156, f. 704-732 (1823-1824), pl. 157, f. 733-736 (1825-1826), (Geyer), pl. 158-160, f. 737-752 (1827-1828), pl. 161-162, f. 753-765 (1828-1830), pl. 163-169, f. 766-802 (1828-1832), pl. 170-171, f. 803-812 (1832-1833), pl. 172-176, f. 813-839 (1834), pl. 177-179, f. 840-853 (1834-1835), pl. 180, f. 854-858 (1834-1835), pl. 181, f. 859-863 (1836), pl. 182, f. 864-868 (1836-1838), pl. 183, f. 869-873 (1837-1838), pl. 184-185, f. 874-882 (1838), [7], 8-24 (1834?)

Hübner, [1823]

Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge, 1816-[1826] Verz. bek. Schmett. (1): [1-3], 4-16 (1816), (2): 17-32 (1819), (3): 33-48 (1819), (4): 49-64 (1819), (5): 65-80 (1819), (6): 81-96 (1819), (7): 97-112 (1819), (8): 113-128 (1819), (9): 129-144 (1819), (10): 145-160 (1819), (11): 161-176 (1819), (12): 177-192 (1820), (13): 193-208 (1820), (14): 209-224 (1821), (15): 225-240 (1821), (16): 241-256 (1821), (17): 257-272 (1823), (18): 273-288 (1823), (19): 289-304 (1823), (20): 305-320 (1825), (21): 321-336 (1825), (22): 337-352 (1825), (23-27): 353-431 ([1825])

Lederer, 1855

Beitrag zu einer Schmetterlingsfauna von Cypern, Beirut und einem Theil Kleinasiens Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 5: 177-234, pl. 3

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: -

Viette, 1954

Descriptions de quelques nouveaux Drepanidae, Notodontidae Africaines et Malgaches (Lépid.) Ann. Mus. Congo, Tervuren, Zool. 1: 554-559

Yela & Calle, 1990

Lygephila fonti sp. n., de la Peninsula Ibérica (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) Misc. Zool. 12 (1988): 205

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