''Mesolia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

s of the family

Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...

described by

Émile Louis Ragonot Émile Louis Ragonot (12 October 1843 – 13 October 1895) was a French entomologist. In 1885, he became president of the '' Société entomologique de France''. He named 301 new genera of butterflies and moths, mostly pyralid moths. He is al ...

in 1889.

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), thickly clothed with hair, and extending about twice the length of the head. Maxillary palp triangularly scaled. Frons with a conical projection. Antennae of male thickened and flattened. Tibia with the outer spurs about half the length of inner. Forewings long and narrow, with rounded apex. Veins 4 and 5 from angle of cell and vein 3 absent. Veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked and veins 10 and 11 free. The outer margin produced from apex to vein 5. Hindwings with vein 3 absent. Veins 4 and 5 from angle of cell and vein 6 from upper angle. The upper margin of cell widely separated from veins 8 and vein 7 curving upwards to anastomose with vein 8.

Species

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Mesolia albimaculalis ''Mesolia albimaculalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya offi ...

'' Hampson, 1919 *''

Mesolia baboquivariella ''Mesolia baboquivariella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William D. Kearfott in 1907. It is found in the US state of Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern ...

'' (Kearfott, 1907) *''

Mesolia bipunctella ''Mesolia bipunctella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Wileman and South in 1918. It is found in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and ...

'' Wileman & South, 1918 *'' Mesolia huachucaella'' Kearfott, 1908 *'' Mesolia incertellus'' (Zincken, 1821) *'' Mesolia jamaicensis'' Hampson, 1919 *''

Mesolia margistrigella ''Mesolia margistrigella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1899. It is found in the Punjab region of eastern Pakistan and Northern India. References Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1899 ...

'' Hampson, 1899 *''

Mesolia meyi ''Mesolia meyi'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Graziano Bassi in 2013. It is found in Botswana and Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is t ...

'' Bassi, 2013 *''

Mesolia microdontalis ''Mesolia microdontalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1919. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southw ...

'' (Hampson, 1919) *''

Mesolia monodella ''Mesolia monodella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Hubert Marion in 1957. It is found in Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and forme ...

'' Marion, 1957 *'' Mesolia nipis'' (Dyar, 1914) *''

Mesolia oraculella ''Mesolia oraculella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by William D. Kearfott in 1908. It is found in the US state of Arizona Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern Unit ...

'' Kearfott, 1908 *''

Mesolia pandavella ''Mesolia pandavella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1889. It is found in India and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, ...

'' Ragonot in de Joannis & Ragonot, 1889 *''

Mesolia pelopa ''Mesolia pelopa'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane ...

'' (Turner, 1947) *''

Mesolia plurimellus ''Mesolia plurimellus'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of ...

'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Mesolia presidialis'' Hampson, 1919 *''

Mesolia rectilineella ''Mesolia rectilineella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1899. It is found in the Punjab region of what was British India. References Ancylolomiini Moths described in 1899 {{Prionapterygi ...

'' Hampson, 1899 *'' Mesolia scythrastis'' Turner, 1904 *''

Mesolia uniformella ''Mesolia Uniformella'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1922. It is found in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a ...

'' Janse, 1922

References

* Ancylolomiini Taxa named by Émile Louis Ragonot Crambidae genera {{Prionapterygini-stub