Mecistoptera is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Calpinae |
| Genus: | Mecistoptera Hampson, 1893 |
Description
editPalpi long, obliquely porrect (extending forward), 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. Forewings long and narrow with produced and acute apex. Outer margin oblique and excurved at middle. Veins 8 and 9 anastomosing (fused) to form an areole. Hindwings with veins 3 and 4 from cell and vein 5 from below the middle of discocellulars. The outer margin truncate from vein 4 to anal angle.[1]
Species
edit- Mecistoptera albisigna Hampson, 1912
- Mecistoptera griseifusa Hampson, 1893
- Mecistoptera lithochroa Lower, 1903
References
edit- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Savela, Markku. "Mecistoptera Hampson, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mecistoptera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- Mecistoptera at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
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