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Genus Aleptina

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Condicinae

Genus Aleptina

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Transferred to Condicinae from Amphipyrinae by Keegan et al., 2019 (1).

Works Cited

1.	Towards resolving and redefining Amphipyrinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae): a massively polyphyletic taxon Kevin L. Keegan, James Donald Lafontaine, Niklas Wahlberg, David L. Wagner. 2019. Systematic Entomology, 44: 451-464.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 April, 2010 - 10:36am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 10 March, 2019 - 7:58pm

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