''Mesocolpia'' is a genus 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 in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are 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, paraphyleti ...
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Species
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Mesocolpia consobrina''
(Warren, 1901)
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Mesocolpia dexiphyma''
(Prout, 1937)
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Mesocolpia marmorata''
(Warren, 1899)
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Mesocolpia nanula
''Mesocolpia nanula'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Angola, Cape Verde, Comoros Madagascar, Eswatini, Gambia, Kenya, Mauritius, Réunion, Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
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(Mabille, 1900)
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Mesocolpia peremptata
''Mesocolpia peremptata'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Ivory Coast, Senegal and Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leon ...
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(Walker, 1862)
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Mesocolpia protrusata
''Mesocolpia protrusata'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in Kenya and Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South S ...
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(Warren, 1902)
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Mesocolpia subcomosa
''Mesocolpia subcomosa'' is a moth in the family Geometer moth, Geometridae. It is found on São Tomé.
Its forewings are pale greenish wish darker green waved cross-lines. It has a wingspan of for the males and for the females.
References
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Warren, 1901
Former species
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Mesocolpia lita''
(Prout, 1916) was recently transferred to ''
Pasiphila
''Pasiphila'' is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. As of 2005 about 36 species were known, and of these, some 27 are native to New Zealand.Viidalepp, J. and V. Mironov. (2005)''Pasiphila hyrcanica'' sp. n.(Geometridae, Larentiinae) – ...
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The geometrid moths of Yemen – With 50 new records for the country and description of 20 new taxa (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
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References
Eupitheciini
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