Mimeusemia

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.

Mimeusemia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Agaristinae
Genus: Mimeusemia
Butler, 1875

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

  • Mimeusemia accurata Swinhoe, 1889
  • Mimeusemia albicilia Hampson, 1894
  • Mimeusemia amanda Kishida, 1993
  • Mimeusemia basalis Walker, 1854
  • Mimeusemia centralis Rothschild, 1896
  • Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893
  • Mimeusemia davidsoni Swinhoe, 1899
  • Mimeusemia econia Hampson, 1900
  • Mimeusemia limbata Jordan, 1939
  • Mimeusemia lombokensis Rothschild, 1897
  • Mimeusemia perakana Rothschild, 1896
  • Mimeusemia persimilis Butler, 1875
  • Mimeusemia peshwa Moore, 1858
  • Mimeusemia postica Walker, 1862
  • Mimeusemia puciola Druce, 1895
  • Mimeusemia semyron Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]
  • Mimeusemia simplex Lucas, 1891
  • Mimeusemia vilemani Hampson, 1911
  • Mimeusemia vittata 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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