Lygephila

Lygephila
Blackneck (Lygephila pastinum)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Toxocampinae
Genus:	Lygephila Billberg, 1820
Synonyms
Asticta Hübner, [1823] Toxocampa Guenée, 1841 Eccrita Lederer, 1857 Craccaphila Berio, 1996 Sinocampa Kononenko & Fibiger, 2008 Katyusha Kemal & Koçak, 2009

Lygephila is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820.

Species

• Lygephila alaica Remm, 1983
• Lygephila alikanga Strand, 1920
• Lygephila amasina (Staudinger, 1878)
• Lygephila angustipennis Warren, 1913
• Lygephila angustissima Draudt, 1950
• Lygephila bischofi Hacker & Fibiger, 2006
• Lygephila caeca Staudinger, 1896
• Lygephila camerounica Hayes, 1980
• Lygephila colorata Babics & Ronkay, 2009
• Lygephila craccae (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – scarce blackneck
• Lygephila dorsigera Walker, 1865
• Lygephila dubatolovi Fibiger, Kononenko & Nilsson, 2008
• Lygephila exsiccata Lederer, 1855
• Lygephila fereidun Wiltshire, 1961
• Lygephila fonti Yela & Calle, 1990
• Lygephila glycyrrhizae Staudinger, 1871
• Lygephila homogyna Hampson, 1902
• Lygephila kazachkaratavika Stshetkin YuL & Stshetkin YuYu, 1994
• Lygephila kishidai Kinoshita, 1989
• Lygephila leucobasis Bethune-Baker, 1911
• Lygephila longicoecum Kononenko & Fibiger, 2008
• Lygephila lubrica Freyer, 1846
• Lygephila lubrosa (Staudinger, 1901)
  • Lygephila lubrosa orbonaria Stshetkin YuL & Stshetkin YuYu, 1994 [1997]
• Lygephila ludrica Hübner, 1790
• Lygephila lupina Graeser, 1890
• Lygephila lusoria Linnaeus, 1758
• Lygephila maxima Bremer, 1861
• Lygephila minima Pekarsky, 2013
• Lygephila moellendorfi Herz, 1904
• Lygephila nigra Viette, 1954
• Lygephila nigricostata Graeser, 1890
• Lygephila ogatai Kinoshita & Sasaki, 1989
• Lygephila pallida Bang-Haas, 1907
• Lygephila pastinum Treitschke, 1826 – blackneck
• Lygephila plumbea Distant, 1898
• Lygephila procax Hübner, 1813
• Lygephila recta Bremer, 1864
• Lygephila salax (Guenée, 1852)
• Lygephila schachti Behounek & Hacker, 1986
• Lygephila stueningi Kononenko & Fibiger, 2008
• Lygephila subpicata Wiltshire, 1971
• Lygephila subrecta Sugi, 1982
• Lygephila troberti Guenée, 1852
• Lygephila viciae Hübner, [1822]
• Lygephila vicioides Hampson, 1926
• Lygephila victoria Grote, 1874
• Lygephila violaceogrisea Draudt, 1950
• Lygephila vulcanea Butler, 1881
• Lygephila yoshimotoi Kinoshita, 1989

Former species

• Lygephila mirabilis Bryk, 1948

References

• Hacker, H. & Fibiger, M. (2006). "Updated list of Micronoctuidae, Noctuidae (s.l.), and Hyblaeidae species of Yemen, collected during three expeditions in 1996, 1998 and 2000, with comments and descriptions of species". Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie. 12: 75-166.
• Hübner (1809-1813). Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterline 4: pl. 109: 510.
• Fibiger, M., Kononenko, V. S., & Nilsson, D. (2008). "Description of a new species of Lygephila Billberg, 1820 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Catocalinae) from Russian Far East and North China". Zootaxa. 1922: 62–68.
• Pekarsky, O. (2013). "Taxonomic and morphological survey of the Lygephila lusoria (Linnaeus, 1758) species-group with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Toxocampinae)". ZooKeys. 351: 49–81.
• Pekarsky, Oleg (2014). "Taxonomic studies of the Lygephila lubrica (Freyer, 1842) species complex with notes on other species in the genus (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Toxocampinae)". ZooKeys (452): 107–129. doi:10.3897/zookeys.452.8152. PMC 4258635. PMID 25493056.
• Savela, Markku (August 1, 2019). "Lygephila Billberg, 1820". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
• Zootaxa 1876: 19.