Elaphria Hübner, 1818

Han, Hui-Lin, 2011, Strotihypera, a new Old World genus of the tribe Elaphriini (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae), Zootaxa 3116, pp. 59-68 : 62

Genus Elaphria Hübner, 1818

Elaphria Hübner, 1818 , Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmettlinge 1: l6. Type-species: Elaphria grata Hübner, 1818 [ USA], Florida.

Synonymy: Agrotis Hübner, 1808 , suppr. (ICZN, 1966 Op. 789); Hapalotis Hübner , [1821] 1816; Monodes Guenée, 1852 ; Carbona Schaus, 1906 ; Psilomonodes Warren, 1911 ; Agrotis auct.; Erastria auct.; Mesostrota Möschler, 1890 , misspl.

Elaphria is a large New World, predominantly Neotropical genus with 127 species; 14 are known from North America, one from Palaearctic, one from China, three from India and one from Africa ( Pogue & Bolling 2003). Fibiger & Hacker (2007) listed four Palaearctic species ( E. albiviata ( Hampson, 1909) , E. conjugata (Moore, 1881) , E. fissistigma (Hampson, 1898) and E. venustula ), however the Old World species, except E. venustula , have never been revised, and placement of these requires confirmation. The main diagnostic features of Elaphria is as referred for the tribe.