Mecistoptera
| Mecistoptera | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Calpinae |
| Genus: | Mecistoptera Hampson, 1893 |
Mecistoptera is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.
Description
Palpi long, obliquely porrect, where the second joint thickly clothed with scales. Third joint long and slender. Frontal tuft short. Antennae with long cilia in male, which is short in female. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia nearly naked. Fore wings long and narrow with produced and acute apex. Outer margin obliue and excurved at middle. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing to form an areole. Hind wings with veins 3,4 from cell and vein 5 from below the middle of discocellulars. The outer margin truncate from vein 4 to anal angle.[1]
Species
- Mecistoptera albisigna Hampson, 1912
- Mecistoptera griseifusa Hampson, 1893
- Mecistoptera lithochroa Lower, 1903
References
- ↑ Hampson G. F. (1892). "The Fauna Of British India Including Ceylon And Burma Moths Vol-iii". Digital Library of India. p. 558. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- Mecistoptera at funet.fi
- Mecistoptera at The Global Lepidoptera Names Index, Natural History Museum
- Mecistoptera at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
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