Aliona

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Aliona
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Noctuinae
Tribe: Apameini
Genus: Aliona
Gyulai, Saldaitis & Zilli, 2019
Species:
A. alena
Binomial name
Aliona alena
Gyulai, Saldaitis & Zilli, 2019

Aliona alena is a moth in the family Noctuidae and the only species in the monotypic genus Aliona. It is found in China.

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Etymology

The genus name was originally proposed as Alena Gyulai, Saldaitis & Zilli, 2019 [1] but due to the existence of a senior homonym with another insect genus (for a snakefly), this moth genus was given a replacement name. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Gyulai, P., Saldaitis, A. & Zilli, A. (2019). A new genus and species of Apameini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Sichuan (China). Zootaxa 4545(4): 593-600.
  2. ↑ Gyulai, P., Saldaitis, A. & Zilli, A. (2019). Nomenclatural note on Alena Gyulai, Saldaitis & Zilli, 2019 nec Navás, 1916. Zootaxa 4604(1): 197.
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