''Agriopodes'' is a doubtfully valid

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

noctuid The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along w ...

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s of the

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Acronictinae Acronictinae is a large subfamily of moths in the family Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family i ...

. The genus was erected by

George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...

in 1908.Pitkin & Jenkins (2014)

Species

Species remaining here include: * '' Agriopodes jucundella'' Dyar, 1922 * '' Agriopodes teratophora'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) = ''A.inscripta'' (Walker, 1858) Most species formerly included in this genus have been moved to ''

Acronicta ''Acronicta'' is a genus of noctuid moths containing about 150 species distributed mainly in the temperate Holarctic, with some in adjacent subtropical regions. The genus was erected by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, ...

'', for example '' A. fallax'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) = ''A.geminata'' (J. B. Smith, 1903). '' Agriopodes tybo'' (Barnes, 1904) is now in the presently-

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''Chloronycta''.Schmidt, B. C., et al. (2014). "Polyphyly of lichen-cryptic dagger moths: synonymy of ''Agriopodes'' Hampson and description of a new basal acronictine genus, ''Chloronycta'', gen. n. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)". ''

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''. 421: 115-137. ''Agriopodes corticosus'', described as ''Bryophila corticosa'' by Guenee in 1852 is a ''

nomen dubium In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Zoology In case of a ''nomen dubium,'' it may be impossible to determine whether a ...

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References

External links

* Note: This is an archived version of the page. As of 2020, Savela gives this name as a synonym of ''

'' Ochsenheimer, 1816. * Acronictinae Noctuoidea genera {{Acronictinae-stub