Noctua Linnaeus, 1758
(yellow underwings)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Noctua comes
Lesser Yellow Underwing
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 		Species 9 images
Noctua fimbriata
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
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 		Species 7 images
Noctua interjecta
Least Yellow Underwing
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 		Species 1 subtaxa 16 images
Noctua janthe
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
Species 1 ident. refs
Noctua janthina
Langmaid’s Yellow Underwing
Species 1 ident. refs
Noctua pronuba
Large Yellow Underwing
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 		Species 58 images
[Noctua janthe agg.]
lesser broad-bordered yellow underwings
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 		Informal 2 subtaxa 1 images 5 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusNoctua (yellow underwings)
TribeNoctuini (a tribe of moths)
SubfamilyNOCTUINAE (a subfamily of shuttle moths)
FamilyNOCTUIDAE (shuttle moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Noctua (yellow underwings) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Noctua (yellow underwings)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Noctua (yellow underwings)
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