Meneptera

Meneptera
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Acontiinae
Genus: Meneptera
Hampson, 1910
Species:
M. diopis
Binomial name
Meneptera diopis
(Hampson, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Tarache diopis Hampson, 1905

Meneptera is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Meneptera diopis, is found in South Africa. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson, the genus in 1910 and the species five years earlier in 1905.