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Mecistoptera Hampson, 1893

Mecistoptera Hampson, 1893; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9 : 32, 134, TS: Mecistoptera griseifusa Hampson
Mecistoptera (Calpinae) ;
Mecistoptera (Ophiderinae) ; [POOLE]
Mecistoptera (Hypeninae) ; [AUCL]; [MOB17, 161]

Mecistoptera franzwagneri Lödl

New Guinea. See [About maps] Mecistoptera franzwagneri ; [MOB17, 161 (note)]

Mecistoptera griseifusa Hampson, 1893

Ceylon. See [About maps] Mecistoptera griseifusa Hampson, 1893; Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9 : 32, 134, pl. 168, f. 14, TL: Ceylon, Kelani Valley
Mecistoptera griseifusa ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 161 (note)]

Mecistoptera loedli Holloway, 2008

Borneo, Thailand?. See [About maps] Mecistoptera loedli Holloway, 2008; Moths of Borneo 17 [MOB17]: 162, f. 383, pl. 7, TL: Sarawak, Gunon Mulu Nat. Park, R.G.S. Exped.

Mecistoptera sophiewagnerae Lödl

New Guinea. See [About maps] Mecistoptera sophiewagnerae ; [MOB17, 161 (note)]

Mecistoptera violescens (Hampson, 1906)

India, Borneo, Bali, Sulawesi. See [About maps] Perciana violescens Hampson, 1906; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (2): 472, TL: Travancore; Pirmad; Bali
Mecistoptera violescens ; [POOLE]; [MOB17, 162, f. 384, pl. 7]

Not really Mecistoptera?

Mecistoptera emmiae (Kobes, 2000)

Borneo, Sumatra, NE.Hiamalaya. See [About maps] Prometopus emmiae Kobes, 2000; Heterocera Sumatrana 12: 79
"Mecistoptera" emmiae ; [MOB17, 162, f. 379, 382, pl. 7]

Mecistoptera lithochroa Lower, 1903

Queensland. See [About maps] Mecistoptera lithochroa Lower, 1903; 48, TL: Queensland, Duaringa
Mecistoptera lithochroa Lower, 1903
Mecistoptera lithochroa ; [POOLE]; [AUCL]

Mecistoptera nycteropis (Turner, 1902)

Queensland. See [About maps] Marapana nycteropis Turner, 1902; 128, TL: Queensland, Brisbane
Mecistoptera nycteropis ; [POOLE]
(no available genus) ; [AUCL]

Mecistoptera obscura (Hampson, 1907)

Ceylon. See [About maps] Perciana obscura Hampson, 1907; 472, TL: Ceylon, Gampola
Mecistoptera obscura ; [POOLE]

Mecistoptera pallidicosta (Hampson, 1898)

Meghalaya. See [About maps] Zethes pallidicosta Hampson, 1898; 457, TL: Khasis [Meghalaya]
Mecistoptera pallidicosta ; [POOLE]

Mecistoptera velifera (Swinhoe, 1885)

Poona. See [About maps] Herminia velifera Swinhoe, 1885; 473, pl. 28, f. 17, TL: Poona [Maharashtra]
Mecistoptera velifera ; [POOLE]

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References:

[AUCL]

Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[MOB17]

Holloway, 2008; The Moths of Borneo, Part 17; Family Noctuidae, subfamilies Rivulinae, Phytometrinae, Herminiinae, Hypeninae and Hypenodinae

[POOLE]

Poole, 1989; Lepidopterorum catalogus (n.s.) 118 - Noctuidae

Some related literature:

Hampson, 1893

Illustrations of typical specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the collection of the British Museum. Part 9. The macrolepidoptera heterocera of Ceylon Ill. typical Spec. Lep. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9 : 1-182, pl. 157-176

Hampson, 1906

The moths of India. Supplementary paper to the volumes in "The Fauna of British India." Series III. part III J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 17 (1): 164-183 (1906), (2): 447-478 (1906), (3): 645-677 (1907)

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