Alesua

Alesua is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its only species, Alesua etialis, is known from Mexico. Both the genus and species were first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1918.[1][2][3][4]

Alesua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Rivulinae
Genus: Alesua
Dyar, 1918
Species:
A. etialis
Binomial name
Alesua etialis
Dyar, 1918

References

  1. "Alesua". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. Savela, Markku (July 5, 2019). "Alesua Dyar, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Alesua". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  4. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Alesua Dyar, 1918". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved March 11, 2020.


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