Mevania basalis

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Mevania basalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Mevania
Species:M. basalis
Binomial name
Mevania basalis
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Nelo basalisWalker, 1864
  • Mevania angustifasciaGaede, 1926
  • Microgiton latonaDruce, 1890

Mevania basalis is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Colombia [1] and Bolivia.

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

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Francis Walker (entomologist) British entomologist (1809-1874)

Francis Walker was an English entomologist. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms.

Colombia Country in South America

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America. Colombia shares a border to the northwest with Panama, to the east with Venezuela and Brazil and to the south with Ecuador and Peru. It shares its maritime limits with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Colombia is a unitary, constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments, with the capital in Bogotá.

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mevania basalis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.


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