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Alienia

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Alienia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Alienia
Fibiger, 2011
Species:
A. flavofascia
Binomial name
Alienia flavofascia
Fibiger, 2011

Alienia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Alienia flavofascia, is found on Borneo and was described from the Crocker Range National Park in Sabah. Both the genus and the species were first described by Michael Fibiger in 2011.

The wingspan is about 12.5 mm.

The only known specimen was collected in a lower mountain forest in early August.

References

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  • Fibiger, Michael (2011). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2842: 1–188.