Lithophane Hübner, 1821

Kononenko, Vladimir, 2009, Two new species of the subfamily Xyleninae from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), Zootaxa 1993, pp. 53-60 : 56

Genus Lithophane Hübner , [1821] 1816

Lithophane Hübner , [1821] 1816, Verzeichniss bekannter Schmetterling: 242.

Type-species: Noctua petrificata [Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775, by subsequent designation by Grote, 1874 (a junior synonym of Phalaena hepatica Clerck, 1759 ).

Synonymy: Graptolitha Hübner , [1821] 1816, Rhizolitha Curtis, 1829 , Prolitha Berio, 1980 (subgenus), Ornitopia Beck, 1996 , Dubiphane Beck, 1996 , Epilitha Beck, 1996 , Xylina auct.

Lithophane is a large Holarctic genus of the tribe Xylenini , subfamily Xyleninae with twenty eight Palaearctic and fifty one Nearctic species, usually easily recognized by their narrow wings and characteristic genitalia. Most species inhabit forests; in the Far East they are most diverse in the zone of Manchurian broad-leaved and mixed forest. Adults of all species emerge in the autumn and after hibernation fly again in the spring. Mating and oviposition occur in early spring, and the larvae feed mainly on woody plants. The European fauna of the genus was recently revised by Ronkay et al. (2001) (but L. pacifica Kononenko, 1978 was not mentioned in that checklist).