Araeopteron

Araeopteron
Araeopteron papaziani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Araeopteron
Hampson, 1893

Araeopteron is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the Araeopteroninae subfamily within Erebidae or in the Acontiinae subfamily of the Noctuidae family.[1][2]

Description

Palpi slender and sickle-shaped, reaching just above vertex of head. Antennae almost simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia naked. Fore wings rather long and narrow. The apex rounded. Veins 3,4 and 8,9,10,11 stalked, whereas veins 6 arise from below angle of cell and vein 7 from angle. Hind wings with veins 3,4 and 6,7 stalked. Vein 5 from middle of discocellulars.[3]

Species

References

  1. Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
  2. Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2013). "Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys. 264. doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4443.
  3. Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.


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