On the taxonomy of the genus Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). I. Redescription of Acronicta grumi (Alphéraky, 1897), with notes on synonymy and its subgeneric placement

ANTON V. VOLYNKIN; ALEXEJ YU. MATOV; DIETER STÜNING; GOTTFRIED BEHOUNEK

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4021.2.10

Issue: Vol. 4021 No. 2: 25 Sept. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-09-25

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.2.10

Page range: 395–400

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**On the taxonomy of the genus Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). I. Redescription of Acronicta grumi (Alphéraky, 1897), with notes on synonymy and its subgeneric placement**

ANTON V. VOLYNKIN⁺⁻
ALEXEJ YU. MATOV⁺⁻
DIETER STÜNING⁺⁻
GOTTFRIED BEHOUNEK⁺⁻

Altai State University, South Siberian Botanical Garden, Lenina str. 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia; Tomsk State University, Department of innovative programs and projects, Lenina Avenue, 36, RF-634050, Tomsk, Russia.

Zoological Institute RAS, Universitetskaya naberezhnaya, 1, RF-199034, Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany.

Sudetenstrasse 6, В-85567 Grafing bei München, Germany.

Lepidoptera Noctuidae

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Abstract

Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816 is a large genus of Noctuidae, with worldwide distribution mainly in the temperate zone. The genus includes more than 150 described species and is subdivided into nine subgenera (Sugi 1979; Fibiger et al. 2009; Kononenko 2003, 2010; Han & Kononenko 2010): Subacronicta Kozhanchikov, 1950, Jocheaera Hübner, [1820], Triaena Hübner, [1818], Hyboma Hübner, [1820], Viminia Chapman, 1890, Acronicta, Molybdonycta Sugi, 1979, Hylonycta Sugi, 1979 and Plataplecta Butler, 1878. A diagnosis of the genus was given by Fibiger et al. (2009) and Han & Kononenko (2010).