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Lesser yellow underwing

Noctua comes Hübner, 1813

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The lesser yellow underwing (Noctua comes) is a species in the family Noctuidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the lesser yellow underwing

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, human_modified
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)
Generations a year
One
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the lesser yellow underwing live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lesser yellow underwing as introduced in 1 country.

  1. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the lesser yellow underwing endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the lesser yellow underwing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNoctuidae
  6. genusNoctua
  7. SpeciesNoctua comes Hübner, 1813

Synonyms Agrotis comes, Euschosis comes, Triphaena comes

Other names and names in other languages (27)
  • osenice prvosenkováCzech
  • Isadain Felen FachWelsh
  • Svagtskygget smutugleDanish
  • PrimeleuleGerman
  • Polilla de ala inferior amarilla menorSpanish
  • Ranniku-mõrsjaöölaneEstonian
  • pilkutonmorsiusyökkönenFinnish
  • Lítli veingjaguliFaroese
  • HulotteFrench
  • Kis sárgafűbagolyHungarian
  • Nottua della viteItalian
  • Betaškis Stepinis DirvinukasLithuanian
  • variabelt båndflyNorwegian Bokmål
  • VolgelingDutch
  • variabelt bandflyNorwegian Nynorsk
  • rolnica komesPolish
  • Совка ленточная средняяRussian
  • mora prvosienkováSlovak
  • širokokrila sovkaSlovenian
  • leverbrunt bandflySwedish
  • Совка стрічкова середняUkrainian
  • Isadenydd Melyn BachWelsh
  • Breitflügelige BandeuleGerman
  • Lederbraune BandeuleGerman
  • Hulotte (La)French
  • suivanteFrench
  • Triphène hulotteFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lesser yellow underwing

Other species in the same genus Noctua.

Owlet moth

Noctua atlantica

NoctuidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the lesser yellow underwing an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lesser yellow underwing as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the lesser yellow underwing?

The lesser yellow underwing (Noctua comes) belongs to the family Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Lesser yellow underwing (Noctua comes). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-yellow-underwing

MLA

“Lesser yellow underwing (Noctua comes).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-yellow-underwing.

BibTeX
@misc{lesser_yellow_underwing_2026,
  title = {Lesser yellow underwing (Noctua comes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-yellow-underwing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}