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Araeopteron canescens (Walker, 1866)

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Higher taxa: Erebidae (family)/  Boletobiinae (subfamily)/  Araeopteronini (tribe)/  Araeopteron (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Walker, 1866)
Citation:Isopteryx canescens
Original genus:Isopteryx
Publication:Walker F. 1866a. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIV.– Supplement Part 4.
Journal:—
Volume:34 (1965)
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Pagination:1318
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38918379
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Araeopteron canescens (Walker, 1866) Holotype ♂ NHMUK Holotype ♂, NHMUK. Australia [Australia], Queensland, Brisbane, leg. Turner.
Distribution note:

Australasia: Australia; Oriental: Indonesia. The African records might turn out to be misidentifications of Araeopteron papaziani Guillermet, 2009 (see M. Bippus 2018: 26).

Bippus M. 2018. New Erebidae from the Mascarene islands and about some Madagascar Lepidoptera (Lepidoptera: Erebidae).
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Araeopteron canescens (Walker, 1866) Nigeria Hampson G. F. 1910d. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). IX. Noctuidae. page 31
Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Araeopteron favillalis (Walker, 1866) (Walker, 1866) species Synonym Isopteryx favillalis
Araeopteron rubicunditincta Strand, 1912 Strand, 1912 species Misapplied Araeopteron rubicunditincta