Potnyctycia

Potnyctycia
Potnyctycia nemesi
Potnyctycia taiwana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Xyleninae
Genus: Potnyctycia
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998

Potnyctycia is a genus of moths that belongs to the family Noctuidae (owlet moths).[1][2]

Species

This genus currently contains seven recognized species:[1]

  • Potnyctycia argillacea (Draudt, 1950)
  • Potnyctycia cristifera Hreblay & Ronkay, 1997
  • Potnyctycia frontieri Hreblay, Peregovits & Ronkay, 1999
  • Potnyctycia laerkeae Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2013
  • Potnyctycia nemesi Ronkay & Ronkay, 2001[3]
  • Potnyctycia recta Hreblay, Katona & Tóth, 2023
  • Potnyctycia taiwana (Chang, 1991)

"Lepidoptera and some other life forms" includes further species[2] that are assigned to other genera in the "Global Lepidoptera Index".

References

  1. 1 2 "Potnyctycia Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.26.041. 10 February 2026. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 Savela, Markku. "Potnyctycia Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 14 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Ronkay, Gábor; Ronkay, László (2001). "New Noctuidae taxa from Taiwan and the adjacent regions (Lepidoptera), II". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 47 (4): 371–398.