Biology:Mecistoptera
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Genus: | Mecistoptera Hampson, 1893
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Mecistoptera is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893.
Description
Palpi long, obliquely porrect (extending forward), where the second joint thickly clothed with scales. Third joint long and slender. Frontal tuft short. Antennae with long cilia in male, which is short in female. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia nearly naked. Forewings long and narrow with produced and acute apex. Outer margin oblique and excurved at middle. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing (fused) to form an areole. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from cell and vein 5 from below the middle of discocellulars. The outer margin truncate from vein 4 to anal angle.[1]
Species
- Mecistoptera albisigna Hampson, 1912
- Mecistoptera griseifusa Hampson, 1893
- Mecistoptera lithochroa Lower, 1903
References
- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180173#page/3/mode/1up.
- Savela, Markku. "Mecistoptera Hampson, 1893". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/hypeninae/mecistoptera/. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). Expression error: Missing operand for trunc. "Mecistoptera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=Expression error: Missing operand for trunc..
- Mecistoptera at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
Wikidata ☰ Q9287850 entry
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