Ateneria

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Ateneria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae (?)
Subfamily: Catocalinae
Genus: Ateneria
Schaus, 1914
Species:
A. crinipuncta
Binomial name
Ateneria crinipuncta
Schaus, 1914

Ateneria is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Ateneria crinipuncta, is found in French Guiana. Both the genus and the species were first described by William Schaus in 1914. [1] [2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ateneria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Ateneria Schaus, 1914". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved December 21, 2019.