Asteroscopus

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: Noctuidae
Tribus: Psaphidinae
Tribus: Psaphidini
Genus: Asteroscopus
Species: A. sphinx – A. syriaca
Name

Asterocopus Boisduval, 1828

Type species: Bombyx cassinia Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Synonyms

Petasia Stephens, 1829

References

Ronkay, L. ; G. Ronkay & G. Behounek, 2011: The Witt Catalogue Volume 5: A Taxonomic Atlas of the Eurasian and North African Noctuoidea: Cuculliinae II and Psaphidinae. 1-380.

Asteroscopus is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.
Species

Asteroscopus sphinx – The Sprawler (Hufnagel, 1766)
Asteroscopus syriaca (Warren, 1910)

References

Asteroscopus at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database