Allerastria Explained

Allerastria is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Phytometrinae within Erebidae or in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Allerastria albiciliatus (Smith, 1903)
• Allerastria annae Brown, 1987

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Notes and References

1. Zahiri. Reza. Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea). Systematic Entomology. 2011. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x. etal. 37. 102–124. 84249695. free.
2. Lafontaine. J. Donald. Schmidt. B. Christian. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys. 2013. 264. 10.3897/zookeys.264.4443. 3668382. 23730184. 227–236. free.