Palaeocoleus

Palaeocoleus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Palaeocoleus
Robinson, 1975
Species:
P. sypnoides
Binomial name
Palaeocoleus sypnoides
(Butler, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Bocana sypnoides Butler, 1886

Palaeocoleus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae described by Robinson in 1975. Its only species, Palaeocoleus sypnoides, was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1886. It is found in Fiji.