Mimeusemia

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Mimeusemia
Noctuid Moth (Mimeusemia perakana) (8539304436).jpg
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Agaristinae
Genus: Mimeusemia
Butler, 1875

Mimeusemia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. Species are found in Japan, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Description[]

Veins 9 and 10 of the forewing both anastomosing (fusing) with veins 7 and 8 to form an areole. Claspers of male are large.[1]

Species[]

  • Swinhoe, 1889
  • Hampson, 1894
  • Kishida, 1993
  • Walker, 1854
  • Rothschild, 1896
  • Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893
  • Swinhoe, 1899
  • Hampson, 1900
  • Jordan, 1939
  • Rothschild, 1897
  • Rothschild, 1896
  • Butler, 1875
  • Moore, 1858
  • Walker, 1862
  • Druce, 1895
  • Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]
  • Lucas, 1891
  • Hampson, 1911
  • Butler, 1875

References[]

  1. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Kishida, Y. (1993). "The agaristine moths of south east Asia (3), Description of three new forms of Longicella, Cruriopsis and Mimeusemia (Noctuidae: Agaristinae)." Gekkan-Mushi (269): 12–13.
  • Savela, Markku. "Mimeusemia Butler, 1875". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.


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