alphabaculovirus noun1 •Any member of the genus Alphabaculovirus of viruses in the family Baculoviridae.Both pe38 and ie-2 are absent from all sequenced group II alphabaculoviruses and betabaculoviruses except for CpGV, CrleGV, PhopGV, and PiraGV that contain a pe38 gene. — 2015 formsalphabaculoviruses