NOCTUIDAE
(shuttle moths)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
ACONTIINAE
a subfamily of shuttle moths
Subfamily 1 ident. refs
ACRONICTINAE
daggers and knotgrasses
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 		Subfamily 11 subtaxa 113 images 7 ident. refs
AMPHIPYRINAE
a subfamily of shuttle moths
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 		Subfamily 4 subtaxa 49 images 2 ident. refs
BRYOPHILINAE
a subfamily of moths
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 		Subfamily 1 subtaxa 4 images
CUCULLIINAE
a subfamily of moths
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 		Subfamily 4 subtaxa 15 images 3 ident. refs
CUCULLINAE
a subfamily of shuttle moths
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 		Subfamily 3 subtaxa 28 images 1 ident. refs
Diloba caeruleocephala
Figure Of Eight
Species 1 ident. refs
EUSTROTIINAE
a subfamily of moths
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 		Subfamily 1 subtaxa 3 images
HADENINAE
a subfamily of shuttle moths
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 		Subfamily 32 subtaxa 395 images 12 ident. refs
HELIOTHINAE
pease blossom and bordered moths
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 2 ident. refs
NOCTUINAE
a subfamily of shuttle moths
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 		Subfamily 32 subtaxa 286 images 18 ident. refs
PANTHEINAE
a subfamily of shuttle moths
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 		Subfamily 1 subtaxa 32 images 1 ident. refs
PLUSIINAE
a subfamily of shuttle moths
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 		Subfamily 6 subtaxa 63 images 3 ident. refs
Tyta luctuosa
Four-spotted
Species 3 ident. refs
XYLENINAE
a subfamily of moths
Larva (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 60 subtaxa 431 images 20 ident. refs
Noctuidae (unidentified)
Unidentified Shuttle Moths
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 		Unidentified 14 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Microscopy

Pierce, F.N. 1978 The Genitalia of the Group Noctuidae of the Lepidoptera of the British Islands: an Account of the Morphology of the Female Reproductory Organs Reprint edition, 62+15 Platespp, E. W. Classey
Pierce, F.N. 1909 The Genitalia of the Group Noctuidae of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles: An Account of the Morphology of the Male Clasping Organs 100+32 platespp, A. W. Duncan

NOCTUIDAE (shuttle moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for NOCTUIDAE (shuttle moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 304 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for NOCTUIDAE (shuttle moths)
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