''Phalaenostola'' 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 ...

of litter moths 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

Augustus Radcliffe Grote Augustus Radcliffe Grote (February 7, 1841 – September 12, 1903) was a British entomologist who Species description, described over 1,000 species of Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths.Osborn, H. 1937. Fragments of Entomological History. Columb ...

in 1873.

Species

* '' Phalaenostola eumelusalis'' (Walker, 1859) – punctuated owlet moth * '' Phalaenostola hanhami'' J. B. Smith, 1899 – Hanham's owlet moth * '' Phalaenostola larentioides'' Grote, 1873 – black-banded owlet moth * '' Phalaenostola metonalis'' Walker, 1859 – tufted snout moth

References

Herminiinae Moth genera {{Herminiinae-stub