Perinaenia

Perinaenia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. Its only species, Perinaenia accipiter, was first described by Felder in 1874. It is here provisionally treated as separate from Xestia, though it seems closely related. Its closest living relatives are not resolved and thus the genus' eventual fate depends on how Xestia is treated.

Perinaenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Calpinae
Genus:
Perinaenia

Butler, 1878
Species:
P. accipiter
Binomial name
Perinaenia accipiter
(Felder, 1874)
Synonyms

Genus level:

  • Anepilecta Warren, 1912

Species level:

  • Perinaenia lignosa Butler, 1878
  • Spintherops accipiter Felder, 1874
  • Xestia accipiter (Felder, 1874)

This species is known from western China, northern India, Tibet and Japan.

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