''Macronoctua'' is a
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 ...
of
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 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 in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...
.
Species
* ''
Macronoctua onusta''
Grote, 1874 (also known as the Iris borer moth)
[Benjamin Yoe Morrison ]
Former species
* ''Macronoctua dolens''
Druce, 1909, now ''
Dypterygia dolens''.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Apameini
Taxa named by Augustus Radcliffe Grote
Noctuoidea genera
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