Alphaentomopoxvirus

Alphaentomopoxvirus
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Varidnaviria
Kingdom: Bamfordvirae
Phylum: Nucleocytoviricota
Class: Pokkesviricetes
Order: Chitovirales
Family: Poxviridae
Subfamily: Entomopoxvirinae
Genus: Alphaentomopoxvirus

Alphaentomopoxvirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Poxviridae, in the subfamily Entomopoxvirinae. Coleoptera insects (Beetles) serve as natural hosts. There are seven species in this genus.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Viral Zone". ExPASy. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Virus Taxonomy: 2020 Release". International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV). March 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2021.