| Mnesictena flavidalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Tribe: | Udeini |
| Genus: | Mnesictena |
| Species: | M. flavidalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mnesictena flavidalis (Doubleday, 1843) | |
| Synonyms [1] [2] | |
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Mnesictena flavidalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. [3] [4] It was described by Edward Doubleday in 1843. [5] It is endemic to New Zealand. [6]
This species was first described by Edward Doubleday in Ernst Dieffenbach's book Travels in New Zealand: with contributions to the geography, geology, botany and natural history of the country and named Margaritia flavidalis. [5] In 1899 Hampson placed this species in the genus Mnesictena. [7] In 1983 G. E. Munroe synonymised the genus Mnesictena with Udea. [8] However in 1988 John S. Dugdale treated Mnesictena as a valid genus. [2] Dugdale's treatment was followed in 2011 by Richard Mally and Matthias Nuss. [1] The male holotype specimen, collected in Auckland by A. Sinclair, is held at the Natural History Museum, London. [2]
Doubleday described this species as follows:
All the wings ochraceous, the outer margins with a series of minute dots. Anterior wings with a faint striga near the base, a still fainter one near the middle, and a more distinct much-waved one near the outer margin, and two discoidal stigmatiform spots fuscous. Posterior wings with a discoidal spot, preceded towards the anterior margin by a smaller one, a transverse striga beyond the middle, and the anal angle fuscous. [5]
Mnesictena is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae, where it is placed in the tribe Udeini. The genus was erected by the English entomologist Edward Meyrick in 1884. The currently known seven species are exclusively found on New Zealand and the associated Antipodes Islands and Chatham Islands.
Udea is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. The genus was erected by Achille Guenée in 1845. The currently known 216 species are present on all continents except Antarctica. About 41 species are native to Hawaii.
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