Mesasteria

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Mesasteria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Mesasteria
Hampson, 1926
Species:
M. sanguilinea
Binomial name
Mesasteria sanguilinea
Hampson, 1926

Mesasteria is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Mesasteria sanguilinea, is found in Borneo. [1] Both the genus and the species were first described by George Hampson in 1926. [2] [3] [4]

References

  1. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Mesasteria sanguilinea Hampson". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku (August 19, 2019). "Mesasteria Hampson, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mesasteria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  4. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Mesasteria Hampson, 1926". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved June 20, 2020.