Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Noctuoidea Erebidae Hypeninae

• Mecistoptera franzwagneri Lödl, 1997 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Mecistoptera franzwagneri Lödl, 1997; Ann. Nat. Mus. Wien 99B: 366; TL: Kapaur, SW.New Guinea

  • Mecistoptera franzwagneri; [MOB17], 161 (note)
• Mecistoptera griseifusa Hampson, 1893 Sri Lanka. See [maps]

  • Mecistoptera griseifusa Hampson, 1893; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9: 32, 134, pl. 168, f. 14; TL: Ceylon, Kelani Valley
  • Perciana obscura Hampson, 1907; 472; TL: Ceylon, Gampola
    • = ; Lödl, 1997, Ann. Nat. Mus. Wien 99B: 357

  • Mecistoptera obscura; [POOLE]
  • Mecistoptera griseifusa; [POOLE]; Lödl, 1997, Ann. Nat. Mus. Wien 99B: 357; [MOB17], 161 (note)
• Mecistoptera loedli Holloway, 2008 Borneo, Thailand?. See [maps]

  • Mecistoptera loedli Holloway, 2008; Malayan Nature J. 60 (1-4): 162, f. 383, pl. 7; TL: Sarawak, Gunon Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped.
• Mecistoptera sophiewagnerae Lödl, 1997 New Guinea. See [maps]

  • Mecistoptera sophiewagnerae Lödl, 1997; Ann. Nat. Mus. Wien 99B: 369; TL: Oetakwa R., Snow Mts, Dutch N.G.

  • Mecistoptera sophiewagnerae; [MOB17], 161 (note)
• Mecistoptera violescens (Hampson, 1906) India, Borneo, Bali, Sulawesi. See [maps]

  • Perciana violescens Hampson, 1906; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (2): 472; TL: Travancore; Pirmad; Bali

  • Mecistoptera violescens; [POOLE]; Lödl, 1997, Ann. Nat. Mus. Wien 99B: 361; [MOB17], 162, f. 384, pl. 7

Not really Mecistoptera?

• Mecistoptera albisigna Hampson, 1912 Madras

  • Mecistoptera albisigna Hampson, 1912; 1240; TL: Madras, Horsleykonda

  • Mecistoptera albisigna; [AUCL]; [POOLE]
• Mecistoptera emmiae (Kobes, 2000) Borneo, Sumatra, NE.Hiamalaya. See [maps]

  • Prometopus emmiae Kobes, 2000; Heterocera Sumatrana 12 (2): 79

  • "Mecistoptera" emmiae; [MOB17], 162, f. 379, 382, pl. 7
• Mecistoptera lithochroa Lower, 1903 Queensland. See [maps]

  • Mecistoptera lithochroa Lower, 1903; 48; TL: Queensland, Duaringa

  • Mecistoptera lithochroa, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Mecistoptera lithochroa; [POOLE]; [AUCL]
• Mecistoptera nycteropis (Turner, 1902) Queensland. See [maps]

  • Marapana nycteropis Turner, 1902; 128; TL: Queensland, Brisbane

  • Marapana nycteropis, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Marapana nycteropis, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Mecistoptera nycteropis; [POOLE]
  • (no available genus); [AUCL]
• Mecistoptera pallidicosta (Hampson, 1898) Meghalaya. See [maps]

  • Zethes pallidicosta Hampson, 1898; 457; TL: Khasis [Meghalaya]

  • Mecistoptera pallidicosta; [POOLE]
• Mecistoptera velifera (Swinhoe, 1885) Poona. See [maps]

  • Herminia velifera Swinhoe, 1885; 473, pl. 28, f. 17; TL: Poona [Maharashtra]

  • Mecistoptera velifera; [POOLE]

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