Mnesictena

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Mnesictena
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Udeini
Genus: Mnesictena
Meyrick , 1884 [1]

Mnesictena is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae, where it is placed in the tribe Udeini. [2] The genus was erected by the English entomologist Edward Meyrick in 1884. [1] The currently known seven species are exclusively found on New Zealand and the associated Antipodes Islands and Chatham Islands. [1]

In the past, Mnesictena was included in the genus Udea , [3] [4] but it is currently considered a separate genus. [1] [2] [5]

The caterpillars feed on different plants, with Mnesictena flavidalis being recorded from Muehlenbeckia (Polygonaceae), M. daiclesalis from Veronica macrocarpa (Plantaginaceae), and M. notata as well as M. marmarina from Urtica , the latter also from Australina . [6] [7]

Species

Mnesictena antipodea, adult, holotype specimen Udea antipodea AMNZ21779.jpg
Mnesictena antipodea, adult, holotype specimen

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  2. 1 2 Mally, Richard; Hayden, James E.; Neinhuis, Christoph; Jordal, Bjarte H.; Nuss, Matthias (2019). "The phylogenetic systematics of Spilomelinae and Pyraustinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) inferred from DNA and morphology" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 77 (1): 141–204. doi:10.26049/ASP77-1-2019-07. ISSN   1863-7221. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  3. ↑ Munroe, Eugene Gordon (1983). "Pyralidae (except Crambinae)". In Hodges, R. W.; Dominick, T.; Franclemont, J. G.; Munroe, Eugene Gordon; Powell, J. A. (eds.). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Including Greenland. London: E. W. Classey Ltd. and the Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. pp. 67–76, 78–85.
  4. ↑ Mally, Richard; Nuss, Matthias (2011). "Molecular and morphological phylogeny of European Udea moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea)" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 69 (1): 55–71.
  5. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 1–262.
  6. ↑ Patrick, Hamish J.H.; Bowie, Mike H.; Fox, Barry W.; Patrick, Brian H. (2011). "The moths of Quail Island (Ōtamahua): a faunal comparison of an island under restoration with other sites on Banks Peninsula". New Zealand Natural Sciences. 36: 57–72. hdl:10182/6365.
  7. ↑ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
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