Araeopteron

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Araeopteron is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1893.^[2]

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Araeopteron

Araeopteron papaziani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Boletobiinae
Genus:	Araeopteron Hampson, 1893
Synonyms^[1]
Araeopterum Hampson, 1895 Essonistis Meyrick, 1902 Thelxinoa Turner, 1902 Araeoptera Hampson, 1910 Araeopterella Fibiger & Hacker, 2001

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Araeopteroninae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.^[3]^[4] A recent overview of the diversity is given by Han & Kononenko (2021).^[5]

Description

Palpi slender and sickle shaped, reaching just above the vertex of the head. Antennae almost simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia naked. Forewings 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. Hindwings with veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked. Vein 5 from middle of discocellulars.^[6]^[7]

Species

Araeopteron acidalica Hampson, 1910
Araeopteron adeni Fibiger & Hacker, 2001
Araeopteron alboniger Fibiger & Hacker, 2001
Araeopteron amoena Inoue, 1958
Araeopteron aulombardi Fibiger & Hacker, 2001
Araeopteron betie Dyar, 1914
Araeopteron canescens Walker, 1866
Araeopteron dawai Han & Kononenko, 2021
Araeopteron diehli Fibiger, 2002
Araeopteron ecphaea Hampson, 1914
Araeopteron elam Schaus, 1911
Araeopteron epiphracta Turner, 1902
Araeopteron fasciale Hampson, 1896
Araeopteron flaccida Inoue, 1958
Araeopteron fragmenta Inoue, 1965
Araeopteron goniophora Hampson, 1907
Araeopteron griseata Hampson, 1907
Araeopteron imbecilla Turner, 1933
Araeopteron koreana Fibiger & Kononenko, 2008
Araeopteron kurokoi Inoue, 1958
Araeopteron legraini Bippus, 2018
Araeopteron leucoplaga Hampson, 1910
Araeopteron makikoae Fibiger & Kononenko, 2008
Araeopteron medogensis Han & Kononenko, 2021
Araeopteron micraeola (Meyrick, 1902
Araeopteron microclyta Turner, 1920
Araeopteron minimale Freyer, 1912
Araeopteron nebulosa Inoue, 1965
Araeopteron nivalis Hampson, 1907
Araeopteron obliquifascia Joanis, 1910
Araeopteron papaziani Guillermet, 2009
Araeopteron pictale Hampson, 1893
Araeopteron pleurotypa Turner, 1902
Araeopteron poliobapta Turner, 1925
Araeopteron poliophaea (Hampson, 1910)
Araeopteron proleuca Hampson, 1907
Araeopteron rufescens Turner, 1910
Araeopteron schreieri Fibiger & Hacker, 2001
Araeopteron sterrhaoides Fibiger & Hacker, 2001
Araeopteron tibeta Han & Kononenko, 2021
Araeopteron xanthopis Hampson, 1907
Araeopteron yemeni Fibiger & Hacker, 2001

Former species

Araeopteron vilhelmina Dyar, 1916 (now in Sigela)

References

[1]
Savela, Markku, ed. (June 14, 2020). "Araeopteron Hampson, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
[2]
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Araeopteron Hampson, 1893". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
[3]
Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. S2CID 84249695.
[4]
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): 227–236. Bibcode:2013ZooK..264..227L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.264.4443. PMC 3668382. PMID 23730184.
[5]
Han, Hui. L.; Kononenko, Vladimir. S. (2021). "Three new species of the genus Araeopteron Hampson, 1893 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Boletobiinae) from the Xizang Autonomous Region, China with an updated list of the world species". ZooKeys (1060): 17–32. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1060...17H. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1060.67674. PMC 8458265. PMID 34616202.
[6]
Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Vol. Moths–III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
[7]
Hampson, G. F. (1896). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume IV. Vol. Moths–IV. Taylor and Francis. p. 543 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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