Araeopterella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
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]
Note: Another taxon AraeopterellaFibiger & Hacker, 2001, is a(n unreplaced) junior homonym. That is more recently treated as a junior subjective synonym of Araeopteron Hampson, 1893. Its type species Araeopterella sterrhaoidesFibiger & Hacker, 2001 is later Araeopteron sterrhaoides (Fibiger & Hacker, 2001). [4] [5]