Apopestes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Toxocampinae
Genus: Apopestes
Species: A. cataphanes – A. centralasiae – A. curiosa – A. dilucida – A. inconspicua – A. indica – A. noe – A. phantasma – A. spectrum
Name

Apopestes Hübner, [1823]

Type species: Noctua spectrum Esper, 1787
Synonyms

Spintherops Boisduval, 1840
References

Babics, J. 2014. On the taxonomy of the Lygephila Billberg, 1820-Autophila Hübner, [1823]-Apopestes Hübner, [1823] generic complex (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Erebinae) with the description of three new taxa and Katyusha raised to generic status. Esperiana 19: 297–336. Abstract (PDF) Reference page.
Ronkay, L.A. 1990. New Noctuidae taxa from Asia Minor and the Caucasus (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 82: 155–162. PDF. Reference page.

Apopestes is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Species

Apopestes centralasiae Warren, 1913
Apopestes curiosa
Apopestes indica Moore, 1883
Apopestes koreana Herz, 1904
Apopestes noe Ronkay, 1990
Apopestes phantasma Eversmann, 1843
Apopestes spectrum Esper, 1787

References

Apopestes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Zootaxa 1876:19.