Xylena

Xylena Ochsenheimer, 1816

Xylena Ochsenheimer, 1816; Schmett. Eur. 4: 85; TS: Phalaena exsoleta Linnaeus
Xylites Reichenbach & Leipzig, 1817
- = Xylena; [NACL], 144; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
Axylia Hübner, 1821
- = Xylena; [NACL], 144
Xylina Treitschke, 1826; in Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. 5 (3): 3 (emend.?)
- = Xylena; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
Calocampa Stephens, 1829
- = Xylena; [NACL], 144; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
Callicampa Agassiz, [1847]; (emend.?)
- = Xylena; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
Monoxylena Beck, 1996
- = Xylena; [RFEL]

Callicampa; [NHM-BMW]
Calocampa; [NHM-BMW]
Colocampa; [NHM-BMW]
Colocampa[sic, Calocampa]; Stichel, 1908
Hylina; [NHM-BMW]
Hylina[sic, Xylena]; Freyer, 1840
Monoxylena; [NHM-BMW]
Xsylina; [NHM-BMW]
Xsylina[sic, Xylena]; Frivaldszky, 1835
Xylaena; [NHM-BMW]
Xylaena[sic, Xylena]; Hübner, 1822
Xylena (Xylena); [CoL]
Xylena; [P&N23]; [LepIndex]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW] ; [NHM-BMW]
Xylena (Amphipyrinae); Hacker, 2001, Esperiana 8: 206
Xylena (Cuculliinae); [POOLE]
Xylena (Xylenina); [NE9], 199; [FE]
Xylena (Xyleninae); [NE12], 211
Xylena (Xylenini); [NACL], 144; [NE5], 146; [NACL93], 80; [RFEL]
Xylina; [NHM-BMW]
Xylites; [NHM-BMW]

Xylena exsoleta (Linnaeus, 1758) NAF, CEU, SEU, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Tibet, S.Urals, Altai, ..., Japan. See [maps] Harmaa hirsiyökkönen Sword-grass Gemeines Moderholz
- Phalaena (Noctua) exsoleta Linnaeus, 1758; 515; TL: Europe
- Calocampa fumosa Butler, 1878; 196; TL: Yokohama
  - = ?; [RFEL]
- Calocampa exoleta[sic] var. impudica Staudinger, 1888; 35; TL: [Tarbagatai Chrbet], Lepsa; Saisan
  - = ; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
- Xylena exsoleta; [SPRK]; [POOLE]; Hacker, 2001, Esperiana 8: 206; [NE5], 146; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]
- Xylena fumosa; [POOLE]; [NE5], 146; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
- ?Xylena fumosa; [RFEL]
500x248 (~23Kb) FINLAND: V: Vihti, Nummela, 669:34, 6.10.1972, S. Seväkivi leg.

Larva on Alisma plantago-aquatica, Allium cepa, Iris pseudacorus, Salix spp., Rumex longifolius, Spinacia oleracea, Caltha palustris, Papaver sp., Sempervivum sp., Hesperis matronalis, Rubus idaeus, Lathyrus pratensis, Chamaenerion angustifolium, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, Anthriscus silvestris, Phlox sp., Vaccinium myrtillus, Galium verum, Taraxacum vulgare [SPRK]
- X. e. exsoleta
  - Xylena exsoleta exsoleta; [NE12], 212
- X. e. canaria Pinker, 1969 Canary Islands
  - Xylena exsoleta canaria Pinker, 1969; 91, pl. 9, f. 5; TL: Canary Islands, Gran Canaria, St. Mateo
    
    = Xylena exsoleta; [POOLE]; [RFEL]
  - Xylena exsoleta canaria; [NE5], 146; [LepIndex]; [CoL]
- X. e. maltensis Fibiger, Sammut, Seguna & Catania, 2006 Malta, NAF
  - Xylena exsoleta maltensis Fibiger, Sammut, Seguna & Catania, 2006; Nota Lepid. 29 (3/4): 202; TL: Malta
  - Xylena exsoleta maltensis; [NE12], 212, pl. 14, f. 46-47; [CoL]
Xylena alexander Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2013 Sichuan. See [maps]
- Xylena alexander Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2013; Esperiana 18: 17, pl. 4, f. 1; TL: China, N. Sichuan, road Barkam/Hong Yuan, 3400m, N32°10,354 E102°9,691
- Xylena alexander; [CoL]
Xylena andreas Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2013 Sichuan. See [maps]
- Xylena andreas Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2013; Esperiana 18: 17, pl. 4, f. 1; TL: China, W. Sichuan, road Menghugang/Kangding, N29°49,955 E102°02,827
- Xylena andreas; [CoL]
Xylena formosa (Butler, 1878) Japan, Korea, .... See [maps]
- Calocampa formosa Butler, 1878; 196; TL: Yokohama
- Xylena formosa; [POOLE]; [NE5], 146; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Xylena confusa Kononenko & Ronkay, 1998 Korea, .... See [maps]
- Xylena confusa; [NE5], 146; [RFEL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Larva on Rosaceae , Fabaceae , Plantaginaceae , Asteraceae [RFEL]
Xylena nepalina Yoshimoto, 1993 Nepal. See [maps]
- Xylena nepalina Yoshimoto, 1993; Tinea 13 (Suppl. 3): 131, pl. 62, f. 12; TL: Godavari
- Xylena nepalina; [NE5], 146; Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2013, Esperiana 18: 18, pl. 3, f. 8; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Xylena plumbeopaca Hreblay & Ronkay, 2000 Taiwan
- Xylena plumbeopaca Hreblay & Ronkay, 2000; Insecta Koreana 17 (1/2): 17; TL: Taiwan, Nantou, 3km SW of Tsuifeng, 2100m, 121°10E, 24°06N
- Xylena plumbeopaca; [NE5], 146; Wu & Chang, 2013, Japan Heter. J. 269: 475; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Xylena vetusta (Hübner, [1813])

NAF, EU, S.Siberia, Altai, Mongolia, .... See [maps] Red Sword-grass Braunes Moderholz Ruskohirsiyökkönen

Noctua vetusta Hübner, [1813]; pl. 97, f. 459; TL: Europe

Xylena vetusta; [SPRK]; [POOLE]; Hacker, 2001, Esperiana 8: 206; [NE5], 146; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]

1200x1648 (~200Kb) larva FINLAND, Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 2.7.2005 (feeding on Iris pseudacorus), Photo © Markku Savela Xylena vetusta det. Kimmo Silvonen	900x1224 (~133Kb) larva FINLAND, Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 2.7.2005 (feeding on Iris pseudacorus), Photo © Markku Savela Xylena vetusta det. Kimmo Silvonen	968x719 (~103Kb) Russia, Moscow, 9.9.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov
530x724 (~86Kb) Russia, Moscow, 9.9.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov	989x532 (~109Kb) Russia, Moscow, 10.9.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov	500x462 (~41Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, m 22-28.8.1981, f 3-16.9.1972, Markku Savela leg.

Larva on Equisetum spp., Scirpus tabernaemontani, Eleocharis palustris, Carex vesicaria, Glyceria maxima, Agrostis stolonifera, Phragmites communis, Festuca rubra, Myrica gale, Salix spp., Ranunculus acris, Brassica oleracea v. capitata, Ribes nigrum, Pisum sativum, Trifolium pratense, Medicago sativa, Angelica silvestris, Tilia spp., Acer platanoides [SPRK]

Xylena tanabei Owada, 1993 Taiwan
- Xylena tanabei; [NE5], 146; Wu & Chang, 2013, Japan Heter. J. 269: 475; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Xylena sugii Kobayashi, 1993 Taiwan
- Xylena sugii; [NE5], 146; Wu & Chang, 2013, Japan Heter. J. 269: 475; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Xylena nihonica (Hoene, 1917) Japan, .... See [maps]
- Xylina nihonica Hoene, 1917; Ent. Mag. Kyoto 3 (1): 48, 50, f. 4; TL: Japan, Kobe
- Xylina japonica Hoene, 1917; Ent. Mag. Kyoto 3 (1): 48, 49f. 3 (preocc. Xylina ornitopus var. japonica Neuberger, 1903); TL: Japan, Kobe
  - = ; [POOLE]
- Xylena japonica; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
- Xylena nihonica; [POOLE]; [NE5], 146; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Xylena lunifera (Warren, 1010) SEEU, Turkey, .... See [maps]
- Xylina lunifera Warren, 1010; 127, pl. 31, row e; TL: Turkey, Amasia
- Xylena (Lithomoia) lunifera; [NE12], 211 (note); [CoL]
- Xylena lunifera; [POOLE]; [NE5], 146; [LepIndex] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE]
Xylena buckwelli Rungs, 1952 Morocco, .... See [maps]
- Xylena lunifera buckwelli Rungs, 1952; 80, f. 2; TL: Morocco, Moyen Atlas, Ifrane
  - = Xylena lunifera; [POOLE]
- Xylena (Lithomoia) buckwelli; [NE12], 211 (note); [CoL]
- Xylena buckwelli; [NE5], 146; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM]
- Xylena lunifera buckwelli; [LepIndex]
Xylena changi Horie, 1993 Taiwan
- Xylena changi; [NE5], 146; Wu & Chang, 2013, Japan Heter. J. 269: 475; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Xylena apicimacula Yoshimoto, 1993 Nepal. See [maps]
- Xylena apicimacula Yoshimoto, 1993; Tinea 13 (Suppl. 3): 132, pl. 62, f. 11; TL: Godavari
- Xylena apicimacula ayubia Ronkay, Ronkay, Gyulai & Hacker, 2010; Esperiana 15: (245-354)
- Xylena apicimacula; Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999, Esperiana 7: 522; [NE5], 146; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Xylena tatajiana Chang, 1991 -. See [maps]
- Xylena tatajiana; [NE5], 146; Wu & Chang, 2013, Japan Heter. J. 269: 475; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
- X. t. pectinicornis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998 Nepal
  - Xylena tatajiana pectinicornis Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998; Tinea 15 (suppl. 1): 182, pl. 150, f. 11-12; TL: Nepal, Tanahoun, Dhumre, Bimal Nager, 500m
  - Xylena tatajiana pectinicornis; Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999, Esperiana 7: 522; [NE5], 146; [CoL]
Xylena czernilai Volynkin, 2011 Altai. See [maps]
- Xylena czernilai Volynkin, 2011; Atalanta 42 (1-4): 238; TL: Altai, Ongudai district, Bely Bom vill. env., 955m, 50°22N 87°91E
- Xylena czernilae[sic, czernilai]; [RFEL]
- Xylena czernilai; [iNaturalist]

The NA species-group

Xylena nupera (Lintner, 1874) New York, .... See [maps]
- Calocampa nupera Lintner, 1874; 188; TL: New York, Albany; Scholarie
- Xylena nupera; [NACL], #9873; [POOLE]; Hacker, 2001, Esperiana 8: 206 (note); [NACL93], #2519; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]
Xylena curvimacula (Morrison, 1874) Massachusetts, .... See [maps]
- Calocampa curvimacula Morrison, 1874; 191; TL: Massachusetts, Cambridge
- Xylena curvimacula; [NACL], #9874; [POOLE]; [NACL93], #2520; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]
Xylena thoracica (Putnam-Cramer, 1886) Maine, New Hampshire, .... See [maps]
- Calocampa cineritia var. thoracica Putnam-Cramer, 1886; 142; TL: New Hampshire
- Calocampa brillians Ottolengui, 1902; 78, pl. 10, f. 3; TL: Maine; New Hampshire
  - = ; [POOLE]; [NACL], #9875
- Xylena thoracica; [NACL], #9875; [POOLE]; [NACL93], #2521; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]
Xylena cineritia (Grote, 1874) Massachusetts, .... See [maps]
- Calocampa cineritia Grote, 1874; 210; TL: Massachusetts, Newtonville
- Xylena cineritia cineritia; [P&N23]
- Xylena cineritia; [NACL], #9876; [POOLE]; [NACL93], #2522; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]
- X. c. mertena (Smith, 1909) Washington, ...
  - Calocampa mertena Smith, 1909; 61; TL: Washington, Pullman
    
    = Xylena cineritia; [POOLE]
  - Xylena cineritia mertena; [NACL], #9876a; [P&N23]
Xylena brucei (Smith, 1892) Colorado, .... See [maps]
- Calocampa brucei Smith, 1892; 252; TL: Colorado
- Calocampa brucei Smith, 1894; 82 (redescr.); TL: Colorado
- Xylena brucei; [NACL], #9877; [POOLE]; [NACL93], #2523; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [PNWM] ; [BAMONA]
Larva on Kunzia tridentata [POOLE]

Unmatched external taxa

Xylena consimilis; [iNaturalist]
Xylena demaculata; [iNaturalist]
Xylena lignipennis; [iNaturalist]
Xylena (Lithomoia); [CoL]
Xylena (Lithomoia) germana; [CoL]
Xylena (Lithomoia) solidaginis; [CoL]

Unknown or unplaced taxa

Xylina ampla Walker, 1865; 758

Xylena ampla; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Xylina (of authors) ampla; [POOLE]

Xylina deflexa Walker, 1865; 751

Xylina (of authors) deflexa; [POOLE]

Xylina ? inchoans Walker, 1865; 751; TL: Ceylon

Xylena inchoans; [iNaturalist]
Xylina (of authors) inchoans; [POOLE]

Xylina ? infusa Walker, 1870; 129; TL: [Egypt] Hor Tamanib

Xylena infusa; [iNaturalist]
Xylina (of authors) infusa; [POOLE]

Xylina ? lativitta Walker, 1862; 195; TL: Borneo, Sarawak

Xylena lativitta; [iNaturalist]
Xylina (of authors) lativitta; [POOLE]

Xylina lefebvrei Bugnion, 1837; 443, pl. 16, f. 4; TL: Egypt

Xylena lefebvrei; [iNaturalist]
Xylina (of authors) lefebvrei; [POOLE]

Xylina ruficauda Motschulsky, 1866; 195; TL: Japan

Xylina (of authors) ruficauda; [POOLE]

Xylina signata Walker, 1865; 758

Xylina (of authors) signata; [POOLE]

Xylina subcostalis Walker, 1869; [Honduras] Limas

Xylena subcostalis; [iNaturalist]
Xylina (of authors) subcostalis; [POOLE]

Xylina terminalis Walker, 1865; 757

Xylina (of authors) terminalis; [POOLE]

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References:

[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[FE] Fauna Europaea
Fauna Europaea
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[JHS]
Japan Heterocerits's Society; (Back Issues); Tinea vols 10-20
[Kimmo Silvonen] Espoo, Finland
Kimmo's Lep Site
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[LepIndex] Global Lepidoptera Index
Beccaloni, G., Scoble, M., Kitching, I., Simonsen, T., Robinson, G., Pitkin, B., Hine, A., Lyal, C., Ollerenshaw, J., Wing, P., & Hobern, D. (2024). Global Lepidoptera Index. In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, L. Vandepitte, D. Hobern, P. Schalk, R. E. DeWalt, K. Ma, J. Miller, T. Orrell, R. Aalbu, J. Abbott, R. Adlard, C. Aedo, et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist (1.1.24.106); https://doi.org/10.48580/dg4lg-49xk
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[PNWM]
Pacific Northwest Moths
[SEL]
Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica; Nota lepidopterologica, contents
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[ZOOKEYS]
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2013
Taxonomic and faunistic news of the tribus Xylenini (s. l.) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from the greater Himalayan region Esperiana 18 : 7-38, pl. 1-11
[NE9]; Fibiger & Hacker, 2007
Noctuidae Europaeae (Amphipyrinae, Condicinae, Eriopinae, Xyleninae (Part)) Noct. Eur. 9 : 1-410
[NE12]; Fibiger, Ronkay, Yela & Zilli, 2010
Noctuidae Europaeae 12: Rivulinae - Euteliinae, and Micronoctuidae and Supplement to Volume 1-11 Noct. Eur. 12
Fibiger, Sammut, Seguna & Catania, 2006
Recent records of Noctuidae from Malta, with five species new to the European fauna, and a new subspecies Nota Lepid. 29 (3/4) : 193-213
Hacker, 2001
Fauna of the Nolidae and Noctuidae of the Levante with descriptions and taxonomic notes (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Appendix: Revision Genus Clytie, Hübner, [1823] Esperiana 8 : 7-315, (Appendix): 316-398
Yoshimoto in Haruta, 1993
Moths of Nepal 2 Tinea 13 (Suppl. 3) : 1-4 (Horie), : 5-30 (Sato), : 31-35 (Yoshimoto), : 36-40 (Kishida), : 41 (Haruta), : 42-56 (Yoshimoto), : 57-73 (Haruta), : 74-79 (Yoshimoto), : 80-95 (Kishida), : 96-100 (Sugi), : 103-121 (Yazaki), : 122-141 (Yoshimoto), : 142-145 (Kishida), : 146-147 (Haruta), : 148-159 (Sugi), : pl. 33-64
Hreblay & Ronkay in Haruta, 1998
Moths of Nepal 5 Tinea 15 (suppl. 1) : 1-18 (Yazaki), : 19-31 (Sato), : 32-42 (Kishida), : 43-68 (Yoshimoto), : 69-80 (Sugi), : 81-98 (Inoue), : 99-116 (Yamanaka), : 117-310 (Hreblay & Ronkay), : 311-314 (Inomata), : pl. 129-160
Hoene, 1917
Vier neue Noctuiden aus Japan Ent. Mag. Kyoto 3 (1) : 47-50
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
Neue trifide Noctuidae aus dem himalayanischen Raum und der südostasiatischen Region (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Esperiana 7 : 485-620, pl. 14-21
Hreblay & Ronkay, 2000
New Noctuidae species and subspecies from Taiwan and the Adjacent Areas II (Lepidoptera) Insecta Koreana 17 (1/2) : 1-38
[NACL93]; Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010
Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico ZooKeys 40 : 1-239
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
Ochsenheimer, 1816
Die Schmetterlinge von Europa. Fierter Band Schmett. Eur. 4 : 1-223
[POOLE]; Poole, 1989
Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series) 118: Noctuidae Lepid. cat. (n.s.) 118:
Ronkay, Ronkay, Gyulai & Hacker, 2010
New Xylenini (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae) species and genera from the wide sense Himalaya region Esperiana 15 : 245-354
[NE5]; Ronkay, Yela & Hreblay, 2001
Noctuidae Europaeae 5 (Hadeninae II) Noct. Eur. 5
[SPRK]; Seppänen, 1970
Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit Animalia Fennica 14
Treitschke, 1826
Die Schmetterlinge von Europa in Ochsenheimer, Schmett. Eur. 5 (3) : 1-420
Volynkin, 2011
Two new species of Xyleninae G uenée , 1837 from the Altai Mountain Country (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) Atalanta 42 (1-4) : 237-243
Wu & Chang, 2013
Further records of uncommon noctuid moths in Taiwan (Noctuidae) Japan Heter. J. 269 : 470-476

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