Actinotia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Noctuidae
Subfamilia: Noctuinae
Tribus: Actinotiini
Genus: Actinotia
Species: A. australis – A. bicornuta – A. conjuncta – A. furvusa – A. gnorima – A. intermediata – A. polyodon – A. radiosa – A. stevenswani – A. subintermeidata
Name

Actinotia Hübner, 1821

Type species: Phalaena perspicillaris Linnaeus, 1761 by subsequent designation by Grote, 1874.
Synonyms

Radinotia Beck, 1996
Phalaena radiosa Esper, 1804 by original designation

References
Additional references

Chen, F.Q. & Xue, D.Y. 2013: New species of Actinotia Hübner, [1821] from China (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Xyleninae, Actinotiini). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 41(164): 421–426. Reference page.
Lafontaine, J.D. & Schmidt, B.C. 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Zookeys 40: 1–239. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 Reference page.

Actinotia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

The name Actinotia is derived from the Greek words akte (important or high place) and noton (backside), referring to the plume at the back of the body.
Species

Actinotia australis Holloway, 1989
Actinotia conjuncta (Püngeler, 1900)
Actinotia gnorima (Püngeler, 1907)
Actinotia intermediata (Bremer, 1861)
Actinotia polyodon – purple cloud (Clerck, 1759)
Actinotia radiosa (Esper, [1804])
Actinotia stevenswani Hreblay, Peregovits & Ronkay, 1999

References

Actinotia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database