Aedoea

Aedoea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Aedoea Turner, 1899
Species:	A. decreta
Binomial name
Aedoea decreta (Butler, 1877)[1]
Synonyms
Lithosia decreta Butler, 1877 Eilema decreta Aedoea monochroa Turner, 1899 Eilema decreta ab. pulolautensis Strand, 1922

Aedoea is a genus of moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It contains only one species, Aedoea decreta, which is found in Borneo^[2] and Australia.^[3]

Males are small and pale dull yellow, although the forewings are darker and more orange than the hindwings.

Taxonomy[]

Aedoea monochroa is sometimes treated as a valid species.

References[]

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog