Perinaenia

Perinaenia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1878. Its only species, Perinaenia accipiter, was first described by Felder in 1874.^[1][2][3] It is here provisionally treated as separate from Xestia, though it seems closely related. Its closest living relatives are not resolved and thus the genus' eventual fate depends on how Xestia is treated.

Perinaenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Calpinae
Genus:	Perinaenia Butler, 1878
Species:	P. accipiter
Binomial name
Perinaenia accipiter (Felder, 1874)
Synonyms
Genus level: Anepilecta Warren, 1912 Species level: Perinaenia lignosa Butler, 1878 Spintherops accipiter Felder, 1874 Xestia accipiter (Felder, 1874)

This species is known from western China, northern India, Tibet and Japan.