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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Xylenini
Subtribus: Xylenina
Genus: Lithophane
Subgenera (2): L. (Lithophane) – L. (Prolitha)

Species: L. abita – L. atara – L. boogeri – L. fansipana – L. franclemonti – L. gansuana – L. gonggashana – L. jeffreyi – L. karakorina – L. lanei – L. leeae – L. pacifica – L. ponderosa – L. scottae – L. thaxteri – L. thujae

References

Benedek, B. ; Saldaitis, A. & Babics, J., 2013: Taxonomic and faunistic news of the tribus Xylenini (s. l.) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from the greater Himalayan region. Esperiana, Buchreihe zur Entomologie, 18: 7–38. Full article: [1].
Brou, V.A., jr.; Lafontaine, J.D. 2009: A new species of Lithophane Hbn. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae). In: Schmidt, B.C.; Lafontaine, J.D. (eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths. ZooKeys, 9: 11–20. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.9.158
Ronkay, G. , L. Ronkay, P. Gyulai & H.H. Hacker, 2010: New Xylenini (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae) species and genera from the wide sense Himalayan region Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 15: 245–358.
Walsh, B. 2009: Lithophane leeae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae), a striking new species from southeastern Arizona. In: Schmidt, B.C.; Lafontaine, J.D. (eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths. ZooKeys, 9: 21–26. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.9.184
Webster, R.G. & A.W. Thomas, 1999: A new species of Lithophane (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Cuculliinae) from Northeastern North America. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 53 (1): 55–59. Full article: [2].

Lithophane is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. They spend the winter as adults. Some species are capable of feeding on other caterpillars or on sawfly larvae, which is rather uncommon among Lepidoptera.[2]

Species

Lithophane abita Brou & Lafontaine, 2009
Lithophane adipel Benjamin, 1936
Lithophane alaina Boursin, 1957
Lithophane amanda (Smith, 1900)
Lithophane antennata (Walker, 1858)
Lithophane atara (Smith, 1909)
Lithophane baileyi Grote, 1877 (syn: Lithophane vivida (Dyar, 1910))
Lithophane bethunei (Grote & Robinson, 1868)
Lithophane boogeri J.T.Troubridge, 2006
Lithophane brachyptera (Staudinger, 1892)
Lithophane consocia – Scarce Conformist (Borkhausen, 1792)
Lithophane contenta Grote, 1800
Lithophane contra (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924)
Lithophane dailekhi Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
Lithophane dilatocula (Smith, 1900)
Lithophane disposita Morrison, 1874
Lithophane fagina Morrison, 1874
Lithophane franclemonti Metzler, 1998
Lithophane furcifera – The Conformist (Hufnagel, 1766)
Lithophane furiosa Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
Lithophane gansuana Kononenko, 2009
Lithophane gausapata Grote, 1883
Lithophane georgii Grote, 1875
Lithophane glauca Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
Lithophane griseobrunnea Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
Lithophane grotei (Riley, 1882)
Lithophane hemina Grote, 1879
Lithophane holophaea Draudt, 1934
Lithophane innominata – Nameless Pinion (Smith, 1893)
Lithophane itata (Smith, 1899)
Lithophane jeffreyi J.T. Troubridge & Lafontaine, 2003
Lithophane joannis Covell & Metzler 1992
Lithophane laceyi (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
Lithophane lamda – The Nonconformist (Fabricius, 1787)
Lithophane lanei J.T.Troubridge, 2006
Lithophane lapidea (Hübner, [1808])
Lithophane laticinerea Grote, 1874
Lithophane laurentii Köhler, 1961
Lithophane leautieri – Blair's Shoulder-Knot (Boisduval, 1829)
Lithophane ledereri Staudinger, 1891
Lithophane leeae Walsh, 2009
Lithophane lemmeri – Lemmer's Pinion Barnes & Benjamin, 1929
Lithophane lepida Grote, 1878
Lithophane longior (Smith, 1899)
Lithophane merckii (Rambur, 1832)
Lithophane nagaii Sugi, 1958
Lithophane nasar (Smith, 1909)
Lithophane oriunda Grote, 1874
Lithophane ornitopus – Grey Shoulder-Knot (Hufnagel, 1766)
Lithophane pacifica Kononenko, 1978
Lithophane patefacta (Walker, 1858)
Lithophane pertorrida (McDunnough, 1942)
Lithophane petulca Grote, 1874 (syn: Lithophane ferrealis Grote, 1874)
Lithophane pexata Grote, 1874
Lithophane plumbealis (Matsumura, 1926)
Lithophane ponderosa J.T. Troubridge & Lafontaine, 2003
Lithophane pruena (Dyar, 1910)
Lithophane pruinosa (Butler, 1878)
Lithophane puella (Smith, 1900)
Lithophane querquera Grote, 1874 (syn: Lithophane nigrescens (Engel, 1905))
Lithophane remota Hreblay & Ronkay, 1998
Lithophane rosinae (Püngeler, 1906)
Lithophane scottae J.T.Troubridge, 2006
Lithophane semibrunnea – Tawny Pinion (Haworth, 1809)
Lithophane semiusta Grote, 1874
Lithophane signosa (Walker, 1857)
Lithophane socia – Pale Pinion (Hufnagel, 1766)
Lithophane subtilis Franclemont, 1969
Lithophane tarda (Barnes & Benjamin, 1925)
Lithophane tephrina Franclemont, 1969
Lithophane tepida Grote, 1874
Lithophane thaxteri Grote, 1874
Lithophane thujae Webster & Thomas, 2000
Lithophane torrida (Smith, 1899)
Lithophane trimorpha Hreblay & Ronkay, 1997
Lithophane unimoda (Lintner, 1878)
Lithophane ustulata (Butler, 1878)
Lithophane vanduzeei (Barnes, 1928)
Lithophane venusta (Leech, 1889)
Lithophane violascens Hreblay & Ronkay, 1999
Lithophane viridipallens Grote, 1867

References

"Lithophane Hübner, 1821". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 18 January 2022.

Bugguide.net. Carnivorous Lepidoptera

Kononenko, Vladimir (2009). "Two new species of the subfamily Xyleninae from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1993: 53–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1993.1.5.
Lithophane at funet.fi
Metzler, Eric H. (1998). "Presidential Address 1997: A New Species of Lithophane (Noctuidae), from the Midwestern United States, Dedicated to the Purpose of the Lepidopterists' Society". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. Lepidopterists' Society. 52 (1): 1–8. OCLC 206960155.
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Troubridge, J. T. (2006). "Three new species of Lithophane Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Xyleninae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1284: 61–8.
Troubridge, James T; Lafontaine, J Donald (2012). "A review of the pine-feeding Lithophane lepida species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), with descriptions of two new species". The Canadian Entomologist. 135: 53–62. doi:10.4039/n02-041. S2CID 85305804.
Webster, R.P.; Thomas, A.W. (1999). "A new species of Lithophane (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Cuculliini) from Northeastern North America". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 53 (2): 55–59. OCLC 193285064.

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