''Alloasteropetes'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s of the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. They are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along with the other f ...
. The genus was erected by Yasunori Kishida and Yoshiyuki Machijima in 1994.
Species
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Alloasteropetes olivacea''
Kishida & Machijima, 1994
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Alloasteropetes guangdongensis''
Owada, Kishida & Wang, 2006 Guangdong
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Alloasteropetes olivacea''
Kishida & Machijima, 1994 Taiwan
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Alloasteropetes paradisea''
Kishida & Owada, 2003 Taiwan, China (Guangdong)
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Alloasteropetes parallela''
(Sugi, 1996) India (Uttar Pradesh), Thailand, Vietnam
References
*Kishida, Yasunori & Machijima, Yoshiyuki (1994). "Descriptions of a new genus and a species of Agaristinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Taiwan". ''Tyô to Ga''. 45 (1) : 14-16.
Agaristinae
Noctuoidea genera
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