Fascionycta fasciata

Familia: Noctuidae
Subfamilia: Acronictinae
Genus: Fascionycta
Species:

Fascionycta fasciata (Moore, 1884).

• Hyboma fasciata Moore, [1884]: 5, pl. 144: fig. 4.
  • Type locality: Ceylon [= SRI LANKA].
  • Holotype: BMNH (male ♂; ex Coll. Thwaites).
    • Acronicta fasciata (Moore); Hampson, 1894: 243 [as "Acronycta"].
    • Craniophora fasciata (Moore); Hampson, 1909: 52.
    • Fascionycta fasciata (Moore); Kiss, 2017: 56. New combination.
• Hyboma divisa Moore, 1888: 409. Synonymy in Hampson, 1894: 243.
  • Type locality: INDIA. [Himachal Pradesh:] Kangra.
  • Holotype: BMNH (male ♂).
    • Acronicta fasciata ab. divisa (Moore); Warren, 1912: 38.
• Acronicta nigrostriata Pagenstecher, 1888: 128. Synonymy in Hampson, 1909: 52 [as "Acronycta"].
  • Type locality: [INDONESIA. Maluku:] Amboina [= Ambon].
  • Holotype: MfN (abdomen missing; ex Coll. Staudinger).

• Hampson, G.F. 1894. In Blanford, W. T. (Ed.) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma (Moths) 2. xxii, 609pp. Taylor and Frances, London. BHL Reference page. 
• Hampson, G. F. 1909. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume VIII: Noctuidae: Acronyctinae pt. 2. Trustees of the British Museum, London; xiv + 583 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Kiss, Á. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4355.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Moore, F. [1884-1887]. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. London: L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3: xv + 578pp., pls.145–215. BHL plates Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1888. Descriptions of new genera and species of Lepidoptera Heterocera, collected by Rev. J.H. Hocking chiefly in the Kangra district, N.W. Himalaya. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 390–412. BHL Reference page. 
• Pagenstecher, A. 1888. Beiträge zur Lepidopterenfauna des Malayischen Archipels. (V.) Verzeichniss der Schmetterlinge von Amboina nebst Beschreibung neuer Arten. Jahrbuch des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde 41: 85–217. (German) BHL. Reference page. 
• Warren, W. 1912. Acronicta. In: Seitz, A. (ed.), The Macrolepidoptera of the World: a Systematic Account of All the Known Macrolepidoptera, Vol. 11, pp. 37–38.

• Chen, Y.-X. 1999. Lepidoptera Noctuidae. 中国动物志 [Fauna Sinica Insecta], Vol. 16: 1588 pp. + 68 pls. Beijing, China: Science Press. (Chinese) Google Books (only snippets available). [see page 103 (as Craniophora)]
• Han, H.L. & Kononenko, V.S. 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. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2678.1.2 Reference page. 
• Kim, C.W., Nam, S.H. & Lee, S.M. (eds.) 1982. 한국동식물도감 [Illustrated Flora & Fauna of Korea], Vol. 26, Insecta (VIII), p. 716. (Korean) Google Books (only snippets available). [as Craniophora]
• Poole, R.W. 1989. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Fascicle 118. Noctuidae [in 3 parts]. New York: E. J. Brill / Flora and Fauna Publications. xii + 1314 pp. ISBN 0-916846-45-8 Reference page. 

• Fascionycta fasciata – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION). Accessed: 13 June 2025.
• Craniophora fasciata – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Accessed: 13 June 2025.

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