Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Scotochrosta Lederer, 1857 . Noctuinen Eur. : 40, 155.

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
NOCTUOIDEA : NOCTUIDAE : CUCULLIINAE

Type-species:
Noctua pulla Schiffermüller, 1775. Ankündung syst. Werkes. Schmett. Wienergegend : 76.

Type-species designation:
by monotypy .

Type specimens:
Type(s) [AUSTRIA]: Vienna district, (? Depository).. (Collection destroyed, Horn & Kahle, 1936, Ent. Beih. Berl.-Dahlem 3: 243)

Notes:
Poole (1989) included only 1 species in the genus SCOTOCHROSTA.

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