Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)

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This moth sub-category for the superfamily Noctuoidea contains the large families Noctuidae and Erebidae as well the smaller Euteliidae, Nolidae, Notodontidae and Oenosandridae. The Arctiinae also belong to this superfamily, but are distinctive and well known so are given their own moth sub-category

Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae)

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Discussion

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

I generally infer that when the AFD describes a species as 'Unplaced X';, provides an entry and gives a history for 'Unplaced X' or calls it a 'Synonym of Y', as in this case we shoulddescribe it as Unplaced X on NatureMapr. A while back we decided not to enter synomyms for moths (as recognised by the AFD) to avoid confusion
The Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) describes it as 'Species Unplaced trigramma (Turner, 1906)' and says Rapana trigramma as a synonym.

Unplaced trigramma

WendyEM wrote:

Yesterday

well there you go. I reached same conclusion as Axel (Kallies)

Hypena pelodes

WendyEM wrote:

Yesterday

I tried to look at it on ALA for its status without much success it said the name was unranked. I don't know what that meant and it threw me to a general Catocalini page
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/1c1032a2-10f0-4744-85b4-e71d3659795c#classification
I am unclear what name to use. Do we add Rapana in a bracket to the above?

Unplaced trigramma

jb2602 wrote:

Yesterday

see also: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246281801

Hypena pelodes

ibaird wrote:

Yesterday

Rapana trigramma on Bold Syustems 4:
https://v4.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=72252

Unplaced trigramma