Aletia

Aletia is a genus of owlet moths of the family Noctuidae described by Jacob Hübner in 1821.[1][2]

Aletia
Aletia tincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Subfamily:
Hadeninae
Genus:
Aletia

Hübner, 1821

New Zealand species

In 2019 Robert Hoare undertook a major review of New Zealand Noctuidae.[3] During this review the genus Ichneutica was greatly expanded and the genus Aletia was subsumed into that genus as a synonym.[3]

Species

Some species of this genus are:[4]

  • Aletia amlaki (Laporte, 1984)
  • Aletia angustipennis (Saalmüller, 1891)
  • Aletia ankaratra Rungs, 1956
  • Aletia circulus (Saalmüller, 1880)
  • Aletia consanguis (Guenée, 1852)
  • Aletia cuneata Philpott, 1916
  • Aletia decaryi (Boursin & Rungs, 1952)
  • Aletia duplex Rungs, 1956
  • Aletia elisa (Berio, 1962)
  • Aletia evoei (Laporte, 1974)
  • Aletia fallaciosa (Rungs, 1956)
  • Aletia flavalba (Berio, 1970)
  • Aletia graditornalis (Berio, 1970)
  • Aletia heimi Rungs, 1956
  • Aletia inframicans (Hampson, 1893)
  • Aletia infrargyrea (Saalmüller, 1891)
  • Aletia laevusta (Berio, 1955)
  • Aletia milloti (Rungs, 1956)
  • Aletia mollis (Berio, 1974)
  • Aletia mvakoumelensis (Laporte, 1973)
  • Aletia octogesima (Wiltshire, 1982)
  • Aletia operosa (Saalmüller, 1891)
  • Aletia panarista (D. S. Fletcher, 1963)
  • Aletia phaeopasta (Hampson, 1907)
  • Aletia provvisoria (Berio, 1962)
  • Aletia pseudotacuna (Berio, 1962)
  • Aletia pyrausta (Hampson, 1913)
  • Aletia tincta (Walker, 1858)
  • Aletia toumodi (Laporte, 1978)
  • Aletia viettei (Rungs, 1956)
  • Aletia vuattouxi (Laporte, 1973)

References
  1. "Aletia Hübner, 1821". New Zealand Organisms Register. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Aletia Hübner, 1821". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. Hoare, Robert J. B. (9 December 2019). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 2: Nivetica, Ichneutica". Fauna of New Zealand. 80: 1–455. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.80.
  4. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Anapoma Berio, 1980". Afromoths. Retrieved 3 April 2018.


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