Mecodina

Mecodina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Mecodina; Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852
Synonyms
	Boethantha Walker, 1865; Seneratia Moore, [1885]; Araeognatha Hampson, 1893;

Mecodina is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Description[]

Palpi sickle shaped, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long and naked. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia slightly fringed with hair on outer side. Forewing with rectangular apex. Areole usually narrow. Hindwings with vein 5 from close to lower angle of cell.^[4]

Species[]

Hampson, 1926 Assam
(Holland, 1894) Gabon
(Swinhoe, 1890) Myanmar
(Swinhoe, 1895) India (Meghalaya)
Leech, 1900 western China
(Swinhoe, 1890) Myanmar
Hampson, 1926 Ghana
(Walker, 1865) Timor, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Australia
Viette, 1958 Madagascar
Hampson, 1907 Khasis
(Butler, 1879) Japan
Wileman & West, 1929 Philippines (Luzon)
Leech, 1900 western China
Hampson, 1902 Khasis
Hampson, 1926 Java
Leech, 1900 central China
Leech, 1900 central China
Sugi, 1982 Japan
Prout, 1926 Borneo
(Holland, 1894) Gabon
(Wileman & South, 1916) Taiwan
Strand, 1920 Japan
Sugi, 1982 Japan
Guenée, 1852 Bangladesh
Leech, 1900 Sichuan
Hampson, 1926 Singapore
Hampson, 1926 Bali
(Warren, 1913) Ichang
Hampson, 1926 Ghana
(Leech, 1889) Japan
Hampson, 1926 southern Nigeria
(Swinhoe, 1895) Meghalaya
(Moore, 1882) western Bengal
Mecodina praecipua (Walker, 1865) Sri Lanka
Hampson, 1895 Nagas
Hampson, 1926 Angola
(Kurentzov, 1950) south-eastern Siberia
(Walker, 1865) northern China
(Butler, 1881) Japan
(Hampson, 1893) Sri Lanka
Robinson, 1969 Fiji

References[]

^ Savela, Markku (July 5, 2019). "Mecodina Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mecodina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Mecodina Guenée, 1852". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Savela, Markku (July 5, 2019). "Mecodina Guenée in Boisduval & Guenée, 1852". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mecodina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[3] Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Mecodina Guenée, 1852". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[4] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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