Mecistoptera griseifusa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Mecistoptera |
Species: | M. griseifusa |
Binomial name | |
Mecistoptera griseifusa Hampson, 1893 | |
Mecistoptera griseifusa is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka. [2] [3] [4]
The Hypeninae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. A notable species is Mecistoptera griseifusa, which lives solely on tears it drinks with its proboscis.
Mecistoptera is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893.
Chusaris paucimaculata is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Aroa major is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Aroa maxima is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Arctornis fenestrata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.
Euproctis fulvipuncta is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in India and Sri Lanka.
Laelia cardinalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Mimeusemia ceylonica is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka and is known to produce a neurotoxin similar to MDMA.
Lysimelia lysimeloides is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It was first described by George Hampson in 1893 and is found in Sri Lanka.
Corythurus nocturnus is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka and Borneo.
Mythimna denticula, or Mythimna (Mythimna) denticula, is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Micraeschus rosellus is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka and Taiwan.
Araeopteron pictale is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Hypenagonia nigrifascia is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Stenhypena adustalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Rivula albistriga is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Hypena cyanea, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Hypena obfuscalis, is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Pseudozarba mianoides is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.