Lyncestis is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Species Lyncestis albisigna Wileman & South, 1920 Lyncestis amphix (Cramer, 1777) Lyncestis dargei Hacker & Fibiger, 2006 Lyncestis diascota Hampson, 1916 Lyncestis grandidieri Viette, 1968 Lyncestis knudlarseni Hacker & Fibiger, 2006 Lyncestis kruegeri Hacker & Fibiger, 2006 Lyncestis mahagonica Saalmüller, 1891 Lyncestis melanoschista (Meyrick, 1897) Lyncestis metaleuca Hampson, 1896 Lyncestis mimica Gaede, 1939 Lyncestis phaeocrossa Turner, 1932 Lyncestis subsignata (Walker, 1865) Lyncestis unilinea (Swinhoe, 1885) Lyncestis voeltzkowi Viette, 1965

References Hacker, H. & Fibiger, M. (2006). "Updated list of Micronoctuidae, Noctuidae (s.l.), and Hyblaeidae species of Yemen, collected during three expeditions in 1996, 1998 and 2000, with comments and descriptions of species." Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 12: 75–166. Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database