Review of subfamily: Xyleninae of Egypt (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Abstract

Based on material from the main reference collections in Egypt, light traps collections, National museums and other references, 44 species in 6 tribes (Apameini, Caradrinini, Cosmiini, Phlogophorini, Prodeniini and Xylenini) and 21 genera were listed. Some further taxonomic changed re proposed. Taxonomic position, synonyms and types are included and photographs for available species are provided. This subfamily according to the new taxonomy of Noctuidae and it is the first time to review in Egypt. Important Note: For correction in the last paper by AbdelfattahMabrouk Amer Salem and Ashraf M. El Torkey (2017), we have mention that Spodoptera exempta are exist in Egypt according to Haggis (1986), but when we revised the paper we found that she didn’t mention that collect any specimens or recorded any specimens from anywhere in Egypt, so, we exclude them from the paper because of we didn’t find any specimens and any records from anywhere in Egypt, so that Spodoptera exempta are not recorded completely and not exist in Egypt.