| Mesopsestis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Subfamily: | Thyatirinae |
| Genus: | Mesopsestis Matsumura, 1921 |
| Species: | M. undosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Mesopsestis undosa (Wileman, 1911) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mesopsestis is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the subfamily Thyatirinae of the Drepanidae and was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1921.[1] Its single species, Mesopsestis undosa, was described by Wileman in 1911.[2] It is found in Japan.
The wingspan is about 40 mm. The forewings are greyish white suffused with brownish except on the costal area. There is a black subbasal line and the antemedial band is greyish brown, broad and traversed by a double curved black line, preceded by a black wavy line which becomes indistinct towards the costa, and followed by a double, sinuous black line. The postmedial line is black, crenulate and slightly curved and the submarginal line is pale. There is a brownish spot at its costal extremity, and a short blackish dash from it to the apex of the wing. The discal mark is black and linear. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mesopsestis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mesopsestis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ↑ Oberthür, Charles (1904). Etudes de lépidoptérologie comparée. pp. 185–186 – via Internet Archive.
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