Aletia Explained

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

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.

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Aletia Hübner, 1821 . New Zealand Organisms Register . Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd . 17 December 2017.
2. Web site: Pitkin . Brian . Jenkins . Paul . 5 November 2004 . Aletia Hübner, 1821 . Butterflies and Moths of the World . Natural History Museum, London . 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. 10.7931/J2/FNZ.80.
4. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2018 . Anapoma Berio, 1980 . Afromoths . 3 April 2018.