Nagiella

• Nagiella bispina Lu & Du, 2020^[2]
• Nagiella hortulatoides Munroe, 1976
• Nagiella inferior (Hampson, 1899) (= synonym Botys quadrimaculalis Motschultsky, 1861)
• Nagiella occultalis Ullah & Yang in Ullah, Yang, Qiao & Zhang, 2017^[4]
• Nagiella quadrimaculalis (Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844) (= synonym Nagia desmialis Walker, 1866)
• Nagiella tristalis Matsui & Naka in Matsui, Naka & Jinbo, 2021^[5]

Nagiella was established by Eugene G. Munroe in 1976 as a replacement name for Nagia Walker, 1866, a name that was preoccupied by Nagia Walker, 1858 in the Lepidoptera family Erebidae.^[6] The type species, Nagia desmialis Walker, 1865, is now considered a synonym of Nagiella quadrimaculalis (Kollar & Redtenbacher, 1844), which was described earlier and therefore has priority over the younger name.^[1] The name quadrimaculalis Motschultsky, 1861 (published in the genus Botys) is a secondary homonym of the previously published name quadrimaculalis Kollar & Redtenbach, 1844 (published in Scopula), and therefore the name inferior Hampson, 1899 (in the genus Sylepta, a misspelling of Syllepte) was proposed as objective replacement name.^{[1][7]: 724}

In the past, the genus was considered a synonym of Pleuroptya, until in 2017 a taxonomic revision showed that Nagiella is distinct from Pleuroptya, thus reinstating it as a valid genus.^[4]

Nagiella is placed in the tribe Agroterini of the subfamily Spilomelinae.^[8]

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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