Definition of Genus Noctua

1. Noun. Type genus of the Noctuidae: moths whose larvae are cutworms.

Exact synonyms: Noctua
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Noctuidae, Noctuidae

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Noctua

genus Nestor
genus Neurospora
genus Neurotrichus
genus Nicandra
genus Nicotiana
genus Nidularia
genus Nierembergia
genus Nigella
genus Nigroporus
genus Nimravus
genus Nipa
genus Nitella
genus Nitrobacter
genus Nitrosomonas
genus Noctiluca
genus Noctua (current term)
genus Nolina
genus Nomia
genus Nopalea
genus Nostoc
genus Notechis
genus Notemigonus
genus Nothofagus
genus Nothosaurus
genus Notomys
genus Notonecta
genus Notophthalmus
genus Notornis
genus Notoryctus
genus Notropis

Literary usage of Genus Noctua

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"Tutt, Bayne, Milton and Battley also exhibited their series of the genus Noctua, and Mr. Home of Aberdeen sent a very variable series of N. festiva from his ..."

2. The British Noctuae and Their Varieties by James William Tutt (1892)
"... is generally placed in the genus Noctua in England. The richly coloured British type, unknown on the Continent of Europe, and unhappily supposed to be ..."

3. The Moth Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Moths of North America by William Jacob Holland (1903)
"Genus NOCTUA Linnaeus This is a very extensive genus, to which over forty species found in our territory are referred in recent lists. ..."

4. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1869)
"... of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, I described four species of American Noctuidae under the genus Noctua as amended by ..."

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