''Mimetauge'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

snout moth The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family (biology), family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian Taxonomic rank, superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Cramb ...

genus. Its one species, ''Mimetauge napeogenalis'', was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1970. It is found in

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

."''Mimetauge'' Munroe, 1970"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

References

Moths described in 1970 Chrysauginae Monotypic moth genera Moths of South America Pyralidae genera {{Chrysauginae-stub