Phalaena

Phalaena is an obsolete genus of Lepidoptera used by Carl Linnaeus to house most moths.

Phalaena was one of three genera used by Linnaeus to cover all Lepidoptera.

[1] The type species was Phalaena typica[2] (now Naenia typica in the family Noctuidae).

[3] Phalaena has been declared a nomen rejiciendum by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, for the purposes of priority, but not homonymy.

[2] Seven subgenera were raised to the rank of genus as follows:[2]

The Gothic moth , Naenia typica (formerly Phalaena typica ) was the type species of Linnaeus' genus Phalaena .