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1916, British Columbia Provincial Museum, Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History, page 462:
Mr. H. McKnight, who resides at Goldstream, took a number of noctuids in September, feeding on hops.
1981, T. M. Casey, “Insect Flight Energetics”, in Clyde F. Herreid II, Charles R. Fourtner, editors, Locomotion and Energetics in Arthropods, page 432:
The total wing area of these moths were essentially the same (geometrids = 3.8 cm2; noctuids = 3.6. cm2). Consequently, wing-loading of the noctuids was about twice as high as in the geometrids.
1993, Thomas C.R. White, The Inadequate Environment: Nitrogen and the Abundance of Animals, page 76:
Noctuids are renowned for their propensity for carnivory in general, and for cannibalism in particular (Gould et al. 1980).
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