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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Boletobiinae » Phytometrini » Allerastria

Genus Allerastria

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Moth - Allerastria albiciliatus Allerastria albiciliatus Unidentified Moth #2 - Allerastria albiciliatus Pale moth - Allerastria albiciliatus Moth - Allerastria albiciliatus Noctuid? - Allerastria albiciliatus moth - Allerastria albiciliatus Genus Allerastria? - Allerastria albiciliatus
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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Boletobiinae
Tribe Phytometrini
Genus Allerastria
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Allerastria R.M. Brown, 1987
Explanation of Names
"Allerastria is to read as another (allos) erastria and is feminine." (1)

Nerastria was formerly synonymized with Cobubatha which was later transfered in part to the new genus Allerastria. Erastria is a genus of Geometrid moths.
Range
Southwestern deserts and the San Joaquin Valley, CA. (1)
Print References
Brown, R.M. 1987. A New Genus and Species from the Southwestern United States (Noctuidae, Acontiinae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 25(2): 136-145 (PDF) (1)
Works Cited
1.A New Genus and Species from the Southwestern United States (Noctuidae, Acontiinae).
Richard M. Brown. 1987. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 25(2): 136-145.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 30 April, 2010 - 5:33pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 1 July, 2013 - 3:12pm

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