Craniophora

Craniophora Snellen, 1867

Craniophora Snellen, 1867; Vlinders Nederland: 262; TS: Noctua ligustri Denis & Schiffermüller
Bisulcia Chapman, 1890; Ent. Rec. J. Var. 1: 28; TS: Noctua ligustri Denis & Schiffermüller
- = Craniophora; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 51; [POOLE]; [MOB12], 104; [NE11], 30; Han & Kononenko, 2010, Zootaxa 2678: 56; [RFEL]; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 15

Bisulcia; [NHM-BMW]
Craniophora; [AUCL]; [LepIndex]; [AfroMoths]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Craniophora (Acronictinae); Holloway, 1979, Series Entom. 15: 417; [POOLE]; [NE11], 30; Han & Kononenko, 2010, Zootaxa 2678: 58; [ALA]; [MOB2](checklist) , ; [RFEL]; [FE]; Rota, Zacharczenko, Wahlberg, Zahiri, Schmidt & Wagner, 2016, Syst. Ent. 41 (2): 421; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 15, 14 (list)
Craniophora (Acronyctinae); Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 51

The ligustri species-group

group Ligustri (Craniophora); Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 22

Craniophora ligustri (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

EU, Turkey, Middle East, Caucasus, Transcaucasus, ..., Korea, Japan. See [maps] Ligustereule Coronet Liguster-Rindeneule Saarniyökkönen

Noctua ligustri Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend: 70; TL: Vienna region
Noctua litterata Panzer, 1804; Enum. Syst. Opera & Studio: 115; TL: Germany, Ratisbon
- = ; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 57; [POOLE]; [NE11], 30; Han & Kononenko, 2010, Zootaxa 2678: 64; [RFEL]; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 22
Noctua coronula Haworth, 1809; Lepid. Britannica (2): 179; TL: England
- = ; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 57; [POOLE]; [NE11], 30; [RFEL]; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 22
Craniophora ligustri ab. sundevalli Lampa, 1885; Ent. Tidskr. 6 (1): 50; TL: Sweden, Skåne
- = ; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 57; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 22
Acronycta ligustri var. nigra Tutt, 1890; Ent. Rec. J. Var 1 (2): 34; TL: England, Wadworth Wood nr Doncaster
- = ; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 57; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 22
Craniophora ligustri var. effusior Dannehl, 1925; Ent. Zs. 39 (2): 6
- = ; [POOLE]; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 22
Craniophora ligustri f. albosignata Lempke, 1964; Tijdschr. Ent. 107 (8): 460; TL: Netherlands, Haamstede
- = ; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 22
Craniophora ligustri f. albescens Barbut & Tautel, 2010; Alexanor 24 (7): 430; TL: France, Corse-du-Sud, Porto-Vecchio, Punta di Varra, 90m, 41°35'46,8N, 09°18'57,8E
- = ; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 22

Craniophora (group ligustri) ligustri; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 14 (list)
Craniophora ligustri; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 57, f. 16; [SPRK]; [POOLE]; [NE11], 30; Han & Kononenko, 2010, Zootaxa 2678: 64; [RFEL]; Rota, Zacharczenko, Wahlberg, Zahiri, Schmidt & Wagner, 2016, Syst. Ent. 41 (2): 421; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Heiner Ziegler] ; [MBE] ; [SVF]

471x524 (~55Kb) Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Schönenberg, Siedlungsbereich (8°49'E, 48°57'N, 230m), 05.05.2000, Photo © Karl Hofsäß

701x741 (~112Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 14.7.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov

500x291 (~24Kb) FINLAND: A: Lemland, 2.7?.1968, H. Valtari leg.

C. l. carbolucana Hartig, 1968 S.Italy

Craniophora carbolucana Hartig, 1968; Reichenbachia 12 (1): 12; TL: Southern Italy
- = Craniophora ligustri; [POOLE]; [NE11], 30; Han & Kononenko, 2010, Zootaxa 2678: 64; [RFEL]

Craniophora ligustri carbolucana; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 23; [LepIndex]

C. l. hyrcanica Hacker & Ebert, 2002 N.Iran

ligustri hyrcanica Hacker & Ebert, 2002; Esperiana 9: 256, pl. 16, f. 12; TL: Iran, Mt Elburs, 10km S of Chalus, 130m

Craniophora ligustri hyrcanica; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 23

Craniophora gigantea Draudt, 1937

Yunnan. See [maps]

Craniophora ligustri gigantea Draudt, 1937; Ent. Rdsch, 54 (30): 375; TL: N.Yunnan, Likiang [neotype: Shaanxi, Tsinling Mts, Taibaishan, ca. 1700m]
- = Craniophora ligustri; [POOLE]; [NE11], 30; Han & Kononenko, 2010, Zootaxa 2678: 64; [RFEL]

Craniophora (group ligustri) gigantea; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 23, 14 (list)
Craniophora gigantea; [iNaturalist]
Craniophora ligustri gigantea; [LepIndex]

The pacifica species-group

group Pacifica (Craniophora); Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 23

Craniophora pacifica Filipjev, 1927

Primorye, Korea, Japan. See [maps]

Craniophora pacifica Filipjev, 1927; Ann. Mus. zool. Acad. Leningrad 28: 231, pl. 12, f. 8-9; TL: Primorsky Krai, Suchan distr., Tigrovoe vill.

Craniophora (group pacifica) pacifica; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 23, 14 (list)
Craniophora pacifica; [POOLE]; Han & Kononenko, 2010, Zootaxa 2678: 63; [RFEL]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

Misidentified/misapplied:

Craniophora pacifica; Sugi, 1982, Moths of Japan, 1: 347, pl. 197, f. 18-19
- = Craniophora minuscula; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 24
Craniophora pacifica; Eda & Yanagita, 2011, Std. Moth in Japan 2: 302, pl. 2-71
- = Craniophora minuscula; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 24

Craniophora taipaishana Draudt, 1950

China (Shaanxi). See [maps]

Craniophora taipaishana Draudt, 1950; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 40 (1): 6, pl. 1, f. 17-18, pl. 10, f. 3; TL: Shaanxi, Tsinling Mts, Taibaishan
Craniophora pacifica f. kalgana Draudt, 1931; Gross-Schmett. Erde (Suppl. 3): 14, f. 1 i
- = Craniophora pacifica; [POOLE]; Han & Kononenko, 2010, Zootaxa 2678: 63; [RFEL]
- = ; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 24

Craniophora (group pacifica) taipaishana; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 24, 14 (list)
Craniophora kalgana; [LepIndex] ; [CoL]
Craniophora taipaishana; [POOLE]; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Craniophora tapaishana[sic, taipaishana]; Han & Kononenko, 2010, Zootaxa 2678: 57

Craniophora minuscula Kiss & Jinbo, 2016

Japan. See [maps]

Craniophora minuscula Kiss & Jinbo, 2016; J. Asia-Pacif. Ent. 19: 930; TL: Japan, Hokkaido, Hobetsu, Fukuyama, Mukawa Town

Craniophora (group pacifica) minuscula; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 24, 14 (list)
Craniophora minuscula; [iNaturalist]

Craniophora draudti Han & Kononenko, 2010

China (Shaanxi). See [maps]

Craniophora draudti Han & Kononenko, 2010; Zootaxa 2678: 62; TL: China, Shaanxi, Tsinling Mts, Taipaishan, ca. 1700m

Craniophora (group pacifica) draudti; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 24, 14 (list)
Craniophora draudti; [iNaturalist]

The simillima species-group

group Simillima (Craniophora); Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 23

Craniophora simillima Draudt, 1950

China (Yunnan). See [maps]

Craniophora simillima Draudt, 1950; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 40 (1): 7, pl. 1, f. 21, pl. 10, f. 2; TL: Yunnan, A-tun-tse, ca. 4000m

Craniophora (group simillima) simillima; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 25, 14 (list)
Craniophora simillima; [POOLE]; Han & Kononenko, 2010, Zootaxa 2678: 57; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

The pontica species-group

group Pontica (Craniophora); Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 23

Craniophora pontica (Staudinger, 1879)

-. See [maps]

Acronycta pontica Staudinger, 1879; Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 14: 364; TL: "Kerasdere, Aepfeln"

Craniophora (group pontica) pontica; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 25, 14 (list)
Craniophora pontica; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 55, pl. 124, f. 6; [POOLE]; Hacker, 2001, Esperiana 8: 25; [NE11], 31; [LepIndex] ; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE]

C. p. navasi Boursin, 1935 Spain, S.France

Craniophora pontica navasi Boursin, 1935; Int. Ent. Zs. 29 (21): 241, pl. f. 7; TL: Spain, Sabun
- = Craniophora pontica; [POOLE]
Craniophora pontica f. illuminata Rungs, 1972; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (3) 46: 683; TL: Moyen Atlas, Ifrane
- = ; [NE11], 32

Craniophora pontica navasi; [NE11], 32; Kiss, 2017, Zootaxa 4355 (1): 25; [LepIndex]; [CoL]

Acronycta olivacea Tutt, 1888; Entomologist 21 (298): 81
- = Craniophora ligustri; Hampson, 1909, Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 57

References:

[ALA]
Atlas of Living Australia
[AfroMoths] De Prins, J., & De Prins, W.
Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera); (Version 2024-03-15). Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Belspo; https://doi.org/10.15468/s1kwuw
[BHL] The
Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[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
[Karl Hofsäß] Karl Hofsaess
e-mail: Karl Hofsäß
[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/
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[SVF]
Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
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Some related literature:

Barbut & Tautel, 2010
oUne forme inédite de Craniophora ligustri ([D. & S.], 1775) découverte en Corse (Lepidoptera Noctuidae Acronictinae) Alexanor 24 (7) : 429-431
Boursin, 1935
Beiträge zur kenntnis der "Noctuidae-Trinifnae". XIII Int. Ent. Zs. 29 (19): 217-221, (20): 234-239, (21): 241-245
Chapman, 1890
The Genus Acronycta and its allies Ent. Rec. J. Var. 1 : 1-4, 26-29,74-84,145-150,193-201,269-271
Dannehl, 1925
Neue formen und localrassen Ent. Zs. 39 (2): 5-7, (3): 11-12, (4): 15-16
Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend : 1-322, pl. 1a-b
Draudt, 1937
Neue Agrotiden (= Noctuiden)-arten und formen aus den aubeuten von Herrn H. Höne, Shanghai Ent. Rdsch, 54 (30): 373-376, pl. 4, (31): 381-384, (32): 397-401
Draudt, 1950
Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Agrotiden-Fauna Chinas. Aus den ausbeuten Dr. H. Höne's (Beitrag zur Fauna Sinica) Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 40 (1) : 1-174, pl. 1-18
Hacker & Ebert in Ebert & Hacker, 2002
Beitrag zur Fauna der Noctuidae des Iran: Verzeichnis der Bestände im Staatlichen Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, taxonomische Bemerkungen und Beschreibung neuer Taxa (Noctuidae, Lepidoptera) Esperiana 9 : 237-409, pl. 10-17
[NE11]; Fibiger, Ronkay, Steiner & Zilli, 2009
Noctudae Europaeae 11: Pantheinae, Dilobinae, Acronictinae, Eustrotiinae, Nolinae, Bagisarinae, Acontiinae, Metoponiinae, Heliothinae and Bryophilinae Noct. Eur. 11
Filipjev, 1927
Zur Kenntniss der Heteroceren (Lepidopteren) von Sutshan (Ussuri Gebiet) Ann. Mus. zool. Acad. Leningrad 28 : 219-264, pl. 12-16
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
Hampson, 1909
Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 8: 1-583, pl. 123-136
Han & Kononenko, 2010
New species of the genera Acronicta Ochsenheimer, 1816 and Craniophora Snellen, 1867 from China with notes on synonymy and checklist (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae: Acronictinae) Zootaxa 2678 : 48-68
Hartig, 1968
Einige neue Lepidopterenrassen und -formen und eine wiederentdeckte Noctuide aus Süditalien Reichenbachia 12 (1) : 1-13
Haworth, 1809
Lepidoptera Britannica, sistens digestimen novam lepidopterorum quae in Magna Britannica reperiunter ... adjunguntur dissertationes variae ad historiam naturalam spectantes Lepid. Britannica (1): 1-136 (1803), (2): 137-376 ([1809]), (3): 377-512 ([1811]), (4): 513-609 (1828)
Holloway, 1979
A survey of the Lepidoptera, Biogeography and Ecology of New Caledonia Series Entom. 15 : 1-588, pl. 1-87
[MOB12]; Holloway, 1989
The Moths of Borneo 12: Family Noctuidae, trifine subfamilies: Noctuinae, Heliothinae, Hadeninae, Acronictinae, Amphipyrinae, Agaristinae Malayan Nature J. 42 (2-3) : 57-225
[MOB2]; Holloway, 2011
Moths of Borneo 2. Phautidae, Himantopteridae, Zygaeninae, Complete Checklist, Checlist notes, Historical Appendix Malayan Nature J. 63 (1-2) : 1-545
Kiss, 2017
Taxonomic review of the Craniophora s. l. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Acronictinae) generic complex with description of 8 new genera and 13 new species Zootaxa 4355 (1) : 1-90
Kiss & Jinbo, 2016
Craniophora minuscula sp. n., a new species of the genus Craniophora Snellen, 1867 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acronictinae) from Japan J. Asia-Pacif. Ent. 19 : 929-935
Lampa, 1885
Förteckning öfver Skandinaviens och Finlands Macrolepidoptera Ent. Tidskr. 6 (1) : 3-137
[RFEL]; Leley, 2016
Annotated catalogue of the insects of Russian Far East. Volume II. Lepidoptera Cat. ins. Russian Far East. 2 : 1-812
Lempke, 1964
Catalogus der Nederlandse Macrolepidoptera (Elfde Supplement) Tijdschr. Ent. 107 (8) : 379-466
[AUCL]; Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996
Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia Monogr. Aust. Lepid. 4: 1-529
[POOLE]; Poole, 1989
Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series) 118: Noctuidae Lepid. cat. (n.s.) 118:
Rungs, 1972
Lépidoptères nouveaux du Maroc et de la Mauritanie Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (3) 46 : 669-692, pl. 1-3
Draudt in Seitz, 1931
Die Palaearktischen Eulenartigen Nachtfalter Gross-Schmett. Erde (Suppl. 3) : 1-332, pl. 1-26
[SPRK]; Seppänen, 1970
Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit Animalia Fennica 14
Snellen, 1867
De Vlinders van Nederland, Macrolepidoptera Vlinders Nederland : 1-763
Staudinger, 1879
Lepidopteren-Fauna Kleinasiens Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. 14 : 176-482
Tutt, 1888
Contributions towards a list of the varieties of Noctuae occurring in the British Islands Entomologist 21 (297): 44-52, (298): 81-87, (299): 99-102, (300): 135-139, (301): 151-155, (302): 176-181, (303): 206-209, (304): 221-229, (305): 252-254, (306): 269-272, (307): 305-313, pl. 1
Tutt, 1890
Acronycta ligustri var. nigra Ent. Rec. J. Var 1 (2) : 34
Rota, Zacharczenko, Wahlberg, Zahiri, Schmidt & Wagner, 2016
Phylogenetic relationships of Acronictinae with discussion of the abdominal courtship brush in Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Syst. Ent. 41 (2): 416-429

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