Aliona alena is a moth in the family Noctuidae and the only species in the monotypic genus Aliona. It is found in China.
Etymology The genus name was originally proposed as Alena Gyulai, Saldaitis & Zilli, 2019Gyulai, P., Saldaitis, A. & Zilli, A. (2019). A new genus and species of Apameini (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Sichuan (China). Zootaxa 4545(4): 593-600. but due to the existence of a senior homonym with another insect genus (for a snakefly), this moth genus was given a replacement name.Gyulai, P., Saldaitis, A. & Zilli, A. (2019). Nomenclatural note on Alena Gyulai, Saldaitis & Zilli, 2019 nec Navás, 1916. Zootaxa 4604(1): 197.
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