Asplenia melanodonta
| Asplenia melanodonta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Acontiinae |
| Tribe: | Armadini |
| Genus: | Asplenia Hampson, 1916 |
| Species: | A. melanodonta |
| Binomial name | |
| Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896) | |
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Asplenia melanodonta is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Asplenia of the family Noctuidae. The species is found in Africa. Both the genus and the species were first described by George Hampson, the genus in 1916 and the species in 1896.
The subspecies Asplenia melanodonta chloridina is sometimes recognized as a species of this genus.