''Mecodina'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s of the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

first described by

Achille Guenée Achille Guenée (sometimes M.A. Guenée; 1 January 1809 – 30 December 1880) was a French lawyer and entomologist. Biography Achille Guenée was born in Chartres and died in Châteaudun. He was educated in Chartres, where he showed a very ear ...

in 1852.

Description

Palpi sickle shaped, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long and naked. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia slightly fringed with hair on outer side. Forewing with rectangular apex. Areole usually narrow. Hindwings with vein 5 from close to lower angle of cell.

Species

*'' Mecodina aequilinea'' Hampson, 1926 Assam *'' Mecodina africana'' (Holland, 1894) Gabon *'' Mecodina agrestis'' (Swinhoe, 1890) Myanmar *'' Mecodina albodentata'' (Swinhoe, 1895) India (Meghalaya) *'' Mecodina ambigua'' Leech, 1900 western China *'' Mecodina analis'' (Swinhoe, 1890) Myanmar *'' Mecodina apicia'' Hampson, 1926 Ghana *'' Mecodina bisignata'' (Walker, 1865) Timor, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Australia *'' Mecodina cataloxia'' Viette, 1958 Madagascar *'' Mecodina ceruleosparsa'' Hampson, 1907 Khasis *'' Mecodina cineracea'' (Butler, 1879) Japan *'' Mecodina costanotata'' Wileman & West, 1929 Philippines (Luzon) *'' Mecodina costimacula'' Leech, 1900 western China *'' Mecodina cyanodonta'' Hampson, 1902 Khasis *'' Mecodina diastriga'' Hampson, 1926 Java *'' Mecodina duplicata'' Leech, 1900 central China *'' Mecodina externa'' Leech, 1900 central China *'' Mecodina fasciata'' Sugi, 1982 Japan *'' Mecodina hybrida'' Prout, 1926 Borneo *'' Mecodina imperatrix'' (Holland, 1894) Gabon *'' Mecodina inconspicua'' (Wileman & South, 1916) Taiwan *'' Mecodina karapinensis'' Strand, 1920 Japan *'' Mecodina kurosawai'' Sugi, 1982 Japan *'' Mecodina lanceola'' Guenée, 1852 Bangladesh *'' Mecodina lankesteri'' Leech, 1900 Sichuan *'' Mecodina leucosticta'' Hampson, 1926 Singapore *'' Mecodina metagrapta'' Hampson, 1926 Bali *'' Mecodina mollita'' (Warren, 1913) Ichang *'' Mecodina nigripuncta'' Hampson, 1926 Ghana *'' Mecodina nubiferalis'' (Leech, 1889) Japan *'' Mecodina ochrigraphta'' Hampson, 1926 southern Nigeria *'' Mecodina odontophora'' (Swinhoe, 1895) Meghalaya *'' Mecodina placida'' (Moore, 1882) western Bengal *'' Mecodina praecipua'' (Walker, 1865) Sri Lanka *'' Mecodina ruficeps'' Hampson, 1895 Nagas *'' Mecodina rufipalpis'' Hampson, 1926 Angola *'' Mecodina sichotensis'' (Kurentzov, 1950) south-eastern Siberia *'' Mecodina subcostalis'' (Walker, 1865) northern China *'' Mecodina subviolacea'' (Butler, 1881) Japan *'' Mecodina umbrosa'' (Hampson, 1893) Sri Lanka *'' Mecodina variata'' Robinson, 1969 Fiji

References

Calpinae Moth genera {{Calpinae-stub