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Genus of moths

Mesoplectra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Mesoplectra
Butler, 1879

Mesoplectra was a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879.

It is considered by The Global Lepidoptera Names Index and Butterflies and Moths of the World to be a synonym of Polypogon. It is considered by Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms to be a synonym of Zanclognatha.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Polypogon​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Mesoplectra Butler, 1879". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
  3. Savela, Markku (July 25, 2019). "Zanclognatha Lederer, 1857". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 30, 2020.
Taxon identifiers
Mesoplectra


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