Mosopia
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Mosopia megaspila | |
Mosopia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. It is found in south-east Asia, including Thailand, Borneo and Malaysia.[2] The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1866 from a specimen in the British Museum. The specimen Walker describes was from Penang in Malaysia.[3]
Walker gave Mosopia megaspila as a type species. This species has a wingspan of 39 millimetres (1.5 in) with a large distinctive black spot in the middle of each forewings (hence the name megaspila, which means "large spotted"). There are three other species classified under the Mosopia genus.[4]
References
- ^ The last is disputed and was synonymized with M. eudoxusalis by Robert Poole in 1989. See Lödl's article
- ^ "Herminiinae". Digital Moths of Asia.
- ^ Walker, Francis (1866). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXXIV. London: Edward Newman. pp. 1187–1188. Retrieved 20 Sep 2011.
- ^ Lödl, M. (2002). "Notes on the genus Mosopia WALKER, [1866] 1865 with redescription of the type-species M. megaspila WALKER, [1866] 1865 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Herminiinae)" (PDF). Quadrifina. 5. Naturhistorisches Museum Wien: 21–26. Retrieved 20 Sep 2011.
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