Biology:Mesoptila
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Mesoptila is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.[1] The genus occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa and in South to East Asia to western Oceania (Australia, New Guinea).[2]
Species
There are seven recognized species:[1]
- Mesoptila compsodes Meyrick, 1891
- Mesoptila deviridata (Warren, 1907)
- Mesoptila excita (Prout, 1958)
- Mesoptila festiva (Prout, 1916)
- Mesoptila melanolopha Swinhoe, 1895
- Mesoptila murcida Mironov & Galsworthy, 2012
- Mesoptila unitaeniata (Warren, 1906)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys; Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Mesoptila Meyrick, 1891". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/185410/taxon/13641.
- ↑ Mironov, Vladimir G.; Galsworthy, Anthony C. (2012). "A generic level review of Eupithecia Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae)". Zootaxa 3587 (1): 46–64 [50]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3587.1.2.
Wikidata ☰ Q5373469 entry
