Asthena aurantiaca

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Asthena aurantiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Geometridae
Genus:
Asthena
Species:
A. aurantiaca
Binomial name
Asthena aurantiaca
L. B. Prout, 1926[1][failed verification]

"Asthena" aurantiaca is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Louis Beethoven Prout in 1926. It is found on Western New Guinea.

Taxonomy[edit]

The species does not belong to the genus Asthena or even the tribe Asthenini, but has not been moved to another genus.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Asthena Hubner 1825". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018.
  2. ^ Xue, Dayong; Scoble, Malcolm J. (June 27, 2002). "A review of the genera associated with the tribe Asthenini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. Entomology Series. 71 (1): 77–133. doi:10.1017/S0968045402000044.


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