Mimeusemia ceylonica

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Mimeusemia ceylonica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Mimeusemia
Species:
M. ceylonica
Binomial name
Mimeusemia ceylonica
Hampson, 1893

Mimeusemia ceylonica is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka [2] [3] and is known to produce a neurotoxin similar to MDMA.

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References

  1. "Species Details: Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 via Academia.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 11 October 2018.