''Mecyna'' 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 ...
of
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
Crambidae
Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...
. The genus was first described by
Henry Doubleday in 1849.
Species
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Mecyna albalis''
Amsel, 1961
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Mecyna arroundella''
(Schmidt, 1934)
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Mecyna asiaticalis''
(Caradja, 1916)
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Mecyna asinalis''
(Hübner, 1819)
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Mecyna atlanticum''
(Bethune-Baker, 1894)
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Mecyna auralis''
( Peyerimhoff, 1872)
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Mecyna babalis''
Amsel, 1970
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Mecyna bandiamiralis''
Amsel, 1970
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Mecyna biternalis''
(Mann, 1862)
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Mecyna cocosica''
Munroe, 1959
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Mecyna cuprinalis''
Ragonot, 1895
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Mecyna flavalis
''Mecyna flavalis'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is known from most of Europe (except Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia and Ukraine) to Japan. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 ...
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(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Mecyna fuscimaculalis''
(Grote, 1878)
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Mecyna gracilis''
(Butler, 1879)
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Mecyna grisealis''
Amsel, 1961
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Mecyna indistinctalis''
Amsel, 1961
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Mecyna luscitialis''
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1914)
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Mecyna lutealis''
(Duponchel, 1833)
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Mecyna luteofluvalis''
Mutuura, 1954
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Mecyna marcidalis''
(Fuchs, 1879)
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Mecyna marioni''
Amsel, 1957
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Mecyna mauretanica''
Slamka, 2013
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Mecyna micalis''
(Caradja, 1916)
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Mecyna mustelinalis''
(Packard, 1873)
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Mecyna procillusalis''
(Walker, 1859)
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Mecyna prunipennis''
Butler, 1879
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Mecyna quinquigera''
(Moore, 1888)
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Mecyna salangalis''
Amsel, 1970
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Mecyna sefidalis''
(Amsel, 1950)
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Mecyna submedialis''
(Grote, 1876)
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Mecyna subsequalis''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1843-1856)
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Mecyna suffusalis''
(Warren, 1892)
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Mecyna tapa''
(Strand, 1918)
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Mecyna tricolor''
(Butler, 1879)
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Mecyna trinalis''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Former species
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Mecyna andalusica''
(Staudinger, 1879)
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Mecyna catalalis''
Viette, 1953
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Mecyna lutalbalis''
(Caradja, 1916)
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Mecyna lutulentalis''
(Lederer, 1858)
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Mecyna pistorialis''
(Zerny, 1934)
References
Spilomelinae
Crambidae genera
Taxa named by Henry Doubleday
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