Mesoptila
| Mesoptila | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Tribe: | Eupitheciini |
| Genus: | Mesoptila Meyrick, 1891[1] |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- 1 2 3 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. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ↑ 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.