Biology:Mosopia
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Genus: | Mosopia Francis Walker, [1866]
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Mosopia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. It is found in south-east Asia, including Thailand, Borneo and Malaysia.[1] The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1866 from a specimen in the British Museum. The specimen Walker describes was from Penang in Malaysia.[2]
Walker gave Mosopia megaspila as a type species. This species has a wingspan of 39 millimetres (1.5 in) with a large distinctive black spot in the middle of each forewings (hence the name megaspila, which means "large spotted"). Three other species are also classified in the genus Mosopia.[3]
Species
In alphabetical order:[4]
- Mosopia eudoxusalis (Walker, [1859]) Sundaland, Thailand
- Mosopia kononenkoi Holloway, 2008 Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand
- Mosopia magniplaga (Swinhoe, 1905) Meghalaya
- Mosopia megaspila Walker, [1866] Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo
- Mosopia pallidusalis Holloway, 2008 Borneo
- Mosopia sordidum (Butler, 1879) Japan, Korea
References
- ↑ "80.ヤガ科(Noctuidae) クルマアツバ亜科(Herminiinae) 一覧" (in ja). http://www.jpmoth.org/Noctuidae/Herminiinae/index.html. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ↑ Walker, Francis (1866). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIV. London: Edward Newman. pp. 1187–1188. https://books.google.com/books?id=_dw4AAAAMAAJ&pg=1187. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ↑ Lödl, M. (2002). "Notes on the genus Mosopia Walker, [1866 1865 with redescription of the type-species M. megaspila Walker, [1866] 1865 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Herminiinae)"]. Quadrifina (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) 5: 21–26. http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/Quad_5_0021-0026.pdf. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ↑ Savela, Markku (November 18, 2012). "Mosopia Walker, [1866"]. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/herminiinae/mosopia/. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
Wikidata ☰ Q1375802 entry
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