''Araeopteron'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 ...

s of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

. The genus was erected by

George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...

in 1893.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Araeopteroninae within

or in the subfamily

Acontiinae Acontiinae is a subfamily of bird dropping moths in the family Noctuidae. There are more than 50 genera and 430 described species in Acontiinae, found worldwide in temperate and tropical climates. Genera These 52 genera belong to the subfamily ...

of 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 ...

. A recent overview of the diversity is given by Han & Kononenko (2021).

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.

Species

References

* Dyar (1914). ''Proceedings of the United States National Museum'' 47: 184. * Dyar (1916). ''Proceedings of the United States National Museum'' 51: 18. * Hampson (1893). ''Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum'' 9: 33. * Hampson (1907). ''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society'' 17: 670–672. * Hampson (1910). ''Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum'' 10: 22, fig. 9. * Hampson (1910). ''Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum'' 10: 27. * Hampson (1910). ''Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum'' 10: 29. pl. 149: 19. * Hampson. (1914). Descriptions of new genera and species of Noctuidae (continued). ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' 8(13): 146-175. * Han & Kononenko (2021). ee under main references* Fibiger, M. (2002). ''Heterocera Sumatrana'' 12(3): 129. * Fibiger, M. & Hacker, H.H. (2001). ''Esperiana Buchreie zur Entomologie'' 8: 1–944. * Fibiger, M. & Kononenko, V. (2008). "A revision of the subfamily Araeopteroninae Fibiger, 2005 in the Russian Far East and neighbouring countries with a description of four new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)." ''Zootaxa'' 1891: 39–54. * Freyer (1912). ''Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (Zool)'' 15(1): 11. * Inoue (1958). ''Tinea'' 4: 229–230. * Inoue (1965). ''Tinea'' 7: 81. * Joanis (1910). ''Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France'' 1910: 201. * Meyrick (1902). ''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London'' 35: 36. * Schaus (1911). ''Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' 8(8): 108 * Turner (1902). ''Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales'' 27: 132–133. * Turner (1910). ''Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum'' 10: 27. * Turner (1920). ''Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia'' 44: 161. * Turner (1925). ''Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia'' 44: 39. * Turner (1933). ''Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia'' 57: 161. * Walker (1866). ''Illustrations of Typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum'' 34: 1318. {{Taxonbar , from=Q4783683 Boletobiinae Noctuoidea genera