Trisateles

Trisateles is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae described by Tams in 1939. Its only species, Trisateles emortualis, the olive crescent, was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in most of Europe, east to Siberia, northern Iran and China.

Trisateles
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Trisateles
Tams, 1939
Species:
T. emortualis
Binomial name
Trisateles emortualis
Synonyms
  • Pyralis emortualis [Schiffermüller], 1775
  • Crambus emortuatus Haworth, 1809
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