What is "asterolepis"

Asterolepis \As`te*rol"e*pis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. 'asth`r star + ? scale.] (Paleon.) A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone.
--Hugh Miller.

Asterolepis is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae.

Asterolepis may refer to:

• Asterolepis (fish), a genus of extinct armored fishes in the family Asterolepididae.
• Asterolepis (moth), a genus of moths in the family Tortricidae.

Asterolepis is an extinct genus of placoderms from the Devonian of North America and Europe. They were heavily armored benthic detritivores with distinctive jointed limb-like pectoral fins.