Araeopterella

Araeopterella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Subfamily:
Acontiinae
Genus:
Araeopterella

Dyar, 1914
Species:
A. miscidisce
Binomial name
Araeopterella miscidisce
Dyar, 1914

Araeopterella is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Araeopterella miscidisce, is found in Panama. Both the genus and species were first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914.[1][2][3]

Araeopterella Fibiger & Hacker, 2001 is also a synonym of Araeopteron Hampson, 1893 and Araeopterella sterrhaoides Fibiger & Hacker, 2001 is now called Araeopteron sterrhaoides (Fibiger & Hacker, 2001).[4][5]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Araeopterella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (March 16, 2011). "Araeopterella Dyar, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Araeopterella Dyar, 1914". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  4. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (June 14, 2020). "Araeopteron Hampson, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 2, 2020.
  5. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Araeopteron​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 2, 2020.