Mnesictena

Mnesictena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Spilomelinae
Tribe:	Udeini
Genus:	Mnesictena; Meyrick , 1884

Mnesictena is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae, where it is placed in the tribe Udeini.^[2] The genus was erected by the English entomologist Edward Meyrick in 1884.^[1] The currently known seven species are exclusively found on New Zealand and the associated Antipodes Islands and Chatham Islands.^[1]

In the past, Mnesictena was included in the genus Udea,^[3]^[4] but it is currently considered a separate genus.^[1]^[2]^[5]

The caterpillars feed on different plants, with Mnesictena flavidalis being recorded from Muehlenbeckia (Polygonaceae), M. daiclesalis from (Plantaginaceae), and M. notata as well as M. marmarina from Urtica, the latter also from Australina.^[6]^[7]

Species[]

Mnesictena antipodea, adult, holotype specimen

Mnesictena adversa (Philpott, 1917), distributed on New Zealand
Mnesictena antipodea (Salmon in Salmon & Bradley, 1956), distributed on the SE Antipodes Island
Mnesictena daiclesalis (Walker, 1859), distributed on New Zealand
Mnesictena flavidalis (Doubleday, 1843), distributed on New Zealand
Mnesictena marmarina Meyrick, 1884, distributed on New Zealand; type species of the genus
Mnesictena notata (Butler, 1879), distributed on New Zealand
Mnesictena pantheropa (Meyrick, 1884), distributed on the Chatham Islsnds

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
^ ^a ^b Mally, Richard; Hayden, James E.; Neinhuis, Christoph; Jordal, Bjarte H.; Nuss, Matthias (2019). "The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 77 (1): 141–204. doi:10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07. ISSN 1863-7221. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
^ Munroe, Eugene Gordon (1983). "Pyralidae (except Crambinae)". In Hodges, R. W.; Dominick, T.; Franclemont, J. G.; Munroe, Eugene Gordon; Powell, J. A. (eds.). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Including Greenland. London: E. W. Classey Ltd. and the Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. pp. 67–76, 78–85.
^ Mally, Richard; Nuss, Matthias (2011). "Molecular and morphological phylogeny of European Udea moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea)" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 69 (1): 55–71.
^ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 1–262.
^ Patrick, Hamish J.H.; Bowie, Mike H.; Fox, Barry W.; Patrick, Brian H. (2011). "The moths of Quail Island (Ōtamahua): a faunal comparison of an island under restoration with other sites on Banks Peninsula". New Zealand Natural Sciences. 36: 57–72. hdl:10182/6365.
^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2020-02-02.

[GlobIZ-1] Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.

[Mally-eal-2019-2] Mally, Richard; Hayden, James E.; Neinhuis, Christoph; Jordal, Bjarte H.; Nuss, Matthias (2019). "The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 77 (1): 141–204. doi:10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07. ISSN 1863-7221. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2020-02-01.

[Munroe-1983-3] Munroe, Eugene Gordon (1983). "Pyralidae (except Crambinae)". In Hodges, R. W.; Dominick, T.; Franclemont, J. G.; Munroe, Eugene Gordon; Powell, J. A. (eds.). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Including Greenland. London: E. W. Classey Ltd. and the Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. pp. 67–76, 78–85.

[Mally-Nuss-2011-4] Mally, Richard; Nuss, Matthias (2011). "Molecular and morphological phylogeny of European Udea moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea)" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 69 (1): 55–71.

[Dugdale-1988-5] Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 1–262.

[6] Patrick, Hamish J.H.; Bowie, Mike H.; Fox, Barry W.; Patrick, Brian H. (2011). "The moths of Quail Island (Ōtamahua): a faunal comparison of an island under restoration with other sites on Banks Peninsula". New Zealand Natural Sciences. 36: 57–72. hdl:10182/6365.

[Robinson-eal-2010-7] Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2020-02-02.

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