''Aliona alena'' is a
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
in the family
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...
and the only species in the
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
genus ''Aliona''. It is found in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
.
Etymology
The genus name was originally proposed as ''Alena'' Gyulai, Saldaitis & Zilli, 2019 but due to the existence of a senior homonym with another insect genus (for a
snakefly
Snakeflies are a group of predatory insects comprising the order Raphidioptera with two extant families: Raphidiidae and Inocelliidae, consisting of roughly 260 species. In the past, the group had a much wider distribution than it does now; snak ...
), this moth genus was given a replacement name.
[Gyulai, P., Saldaitis, A. & Zilli, A. (2019). Nomenclatural note on ''Alena'' Gyulai, Saldaitis & Zilli, 2019 ''nec'' Navás, 1916. ''Zootaxa'' 4604(1): 197.]
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Apameini
Insects of China
Moths described in 2019
Monotypic moth genera