Araeopteron
Sign in to saveAraeopteron is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1893.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNoctuidae
Observations547
Groupinsecta
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Araeopteron is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1893.
==Taxonomy== The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Araeopteroninae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae. A recent overview of the diversity is given by Han & Kononenko (2021).