Abstract:
The taxonomic studies of the sub-family Noctuinae of the family Noctuidae
with five genera and twenty four species is carried out with special reference to
their head appendages including proboscis and palpi, ventaions of fore and hind
wings and male and female genital components where available from Pakistan. A
key to the tribes, genera and species is also formulated from most reliable
characters for easy indentification. A new specie and twenty three already
described species are described first time in detailed and compared with their
closest allies from Pakistan.
A cladogram is constructed showing the relationships of the included taxa
based on the cladistic analysis of all the genera and species of sub-family
Noctuinae. Characters are scanned and coded from entire body and male and
female
genitalia
and
the
apomorphies
including
synapomorphies of the taxa are also briefly discussed.
