''Mesoptila'' is a genus of
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 in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moths belonging to the family Geometridae of the insect order Lepidoptera, the moths and butterflies. Their scientific name derives from the Ancient Greek ''geo'' γεω (derivative form of or "the earth"), and ''metr ...
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Species
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Mesoptila compsodes
''Mesoptila compsodes'' is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1891. It is found in Australia. (2012)"A generic level review of ''Eupithecia'' Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Ne ...
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Meyrick, 1891
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Mesoptila deviridata
''Mesoptila deviridata'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surr ...
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(Warren, 1907)
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Mesoptila excita
''Mesoptila excita'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found on Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situa ...
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(Prout, 1958)
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Mesoptila festiva
''Mesoptila festiva'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found in South Africa.
References
Endemic moths of South Africa
Moths described in 1916
Eupitheciini
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(Prout, 1916)
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Mesoptila melanolopha
''Mesoptila melanolopha'' is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1895. It is found in Nepal, China (Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Hunan), Korea, Japan, Taiwan, India (Sikkim, Meghalaya), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Mala ...
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Swinhoe, 1895
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Mesoptila murcida
''Mesoptila murcida'' is a moth in the family Geometridae. It is found on Java., 2012: A generic level review of ''Eupithecia'' Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae ...
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Mironov & Galsworthy, 2012
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Mesoptila unitaeniata
''Mesoptila unitaeniata'' is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by William Warren in 1906. It is found in New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language ...
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(Warren, 1906)
References
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Eupitheciini
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