Paonidia

Paonidia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Hypeninae
Genus: Paonidia
Meyrick, 1902
Species:
P. anthracias
Binomial name
Paonidia anthracias
(Lower, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Mesoptila anthracias Lower, 1897
  • Paonidia pentaptila Meyrick, 1902
  • Panilla cautophanes Turner, 1902
  • Artigisa microsticta Turner, 1939

Paonidia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1902. Its only species, Paonidia anthracias, was first described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1897. It is found in New South Wales, Australia.

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