Chalestra

Chalestra
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Calpinae
Genus:	Chalestra Walker, 1859
Species:	C. podaresalis
Binomial name
Chalestra podaresalis Walker, 1859

Chalestra is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Chalestra podaresalis, is found in South Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by Francis Walker in 1859. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Chalestra podaresalis Walker, 1859". Afromoths. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Chalestra​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 30, 2020.
3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Chalestra Walker, 1859". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved May 30, 2020.