Mnesictena adversa

Mnesictena adversa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Mnesictena
Species:	M. adversa
Binomial name
	Mnesictena adversa; (Philpott, 1917)
Synonyms
	Mecyna adversa Philpott, 1917 ;

Mnesictena adversa is a moth in the family Crambidae.^[1] It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1917.^[2]^[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.^[4]

The wingspan is 20–21 mm for males and females. The forewings are ferruginous, but brighter along the costa. There is an irregular transverse outwardly-oblique white discal dot at the middle and a dark, obscurely indicated second line. The hindwings are yellow with the discal dot and terminal band fuscous.^[3]

References[]

^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
^ "Udea adversa (Philpott, 1917)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
^ ^a ^b Philpott, A. (1917). "New species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 49: 239–245. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

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[NZIB-1] Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

[2] "Udea adversa (Philpott, 1917)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-23.

[:0-3] Philpott, A. (1917). "New species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 49: 239–245. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

[4] "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

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