Mesoptila festiva

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Mesoptila festiva
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Mesoptila
Species:
M. festiva
Binomial name
Mesoptila festiva
Synonyms
  • Eupithecia festivaProut, 1916

Mesoptila festiva is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in South Africa. [3]

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia festiva Prout 1916". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. Mironov, V.G. & A.C. Galsworthy, 2012: A generic level review of Eupithecia Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae). Zootaxa3587: 46-64. Abstract: .
  3. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Eupithecia festiva Prout L.B., 1916". Afromoths. Retrieved March 29, 2018.