Araeopteron is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.
The genus has previously been classified in the Araeopteroninae subfamily within Erebidae or in the Acontiinae subfamily of the Noctuidae family.
Palpi slender and sickle-shaped, reaching just above vertex of head. Antennae almost simple. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia naked. Fore wings rather long and narrow. The apex rounded. Veins 3,4 and 8,9,10,11 stalked, whereas veins 6 arise from below angle of cell and vein 7 from angle. Hind wings with veins 3,4 and 6,7 stalked. Vein 5 from middle of discocellulars.
Araeopteron acidalica Hampson, 1910Araeopteron adeni Fibiger & Hacker, 2001Araeopteron alboniger Fibiger & Hacker, 2001Araeopteron amoena Inoue, 1958Araeopteron aulombardi Fibiger & Hacker, 2001Araeopteron betie Dyar, 1914Araeopteron canescens Walker, 1866Araeopteron diehli Fibiger, 2002Araeopteron ecphaea Hampson, 1914Araeopteron elam Schaus, 1911Araeopteron epiphracta Turner, 1902Araeopteron fasciale Hampson, 1896Araeopteron flaccida Inoue, 1958Araeopteron fragmenta Inoue, 1965Araeopteron goniophora Hampson, 1907Araeopteron griseata Hampson, 1907Araeopteron imbecilla Turner, 1933Araeopteron koreana Fibiger & Kononenko, 2008Araeopteron kurokoi Inoue, 1958Araeopteron leucoplaga Hampson, 1910Araeopteron makikoae Fibiger & Kononenko, 2008Araeopteron micraeola Meyrick, 1902Araeopteron microclyta Turner, 1920Araeopteron minimale Freyer, 1912Araeopteron nebulosa Inoue, 1965Araeopteron nivalis Hampson, 1907Araeopteron obliquifascia Joanis, 1910Araeopteron papaziani Guillermet, 2009Araeopteron patella Fibiger & Kononenko, 2008Araeopteron pictale Hampson, 1893Araeopteron pleurotypa Turner, 1902Araeopteron poliobapta Turner, 1925Araeopteron poliphaea Hampson, 1910Araeopteron proleuca Hampson, 1907Araeopteron rufescens Turner, 1910Araeopteron schreieri Fibiger & Hacker, 2001Araeopteron sterrhaoides Fibiger & Hacker, 2001Araeopteron ussurica Fibiger & Kononenko, 2008Araeopteron vilhelmina Dyar, 1916Araeopteron xanthopis Hampson, 1907Araeopteron yemeni Fibiger & Hacker, 2001
