''Mecodina'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 w ...
s of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
first described by
Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi sickle shaped, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long and naked. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia slightly fringed with hair on outer side. Forewing with rectangular apex. Areole usually narrow. Hindwings with vein 5 from close to lower angle of cell.
Species
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Mecodina aequilinea
''Mecodina'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth ...
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Hampson, 1926 Assam
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Mecodina africana''
(Holland, 1894) Gabon
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Mecodina agrestis''
(Swinhoe, 1890) Myanmar
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Mecodina albodentata''
(Swinhoe, 1895) India (Meghalaya)
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Mecodina ambigua''
Leech, 1900 western China
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Mecodina analis''
(Swinhoe, 1890) Myanmar
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Mecodina apicia''
Hampson, 1926 Ghana
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Mecodina bisignata''
(Walker, 1865) Timor, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Australia
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Mecodina cataloxia''
Viette, 1958 Madagascar
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Mecodina ceruleosparsa''
Hampson, 1907 Khasis
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Mecodina cineracea''
(Butler, 1879) Japan
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Mecodina costanotata''
Wileman & West, 1929 Philippines (Luzon)
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Mecodina costimacula''
Leech, 1900 western China
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Mecodina cyanodonta''
Hampson, 1902 Khasis
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Mecodina diastriga''
Hampson, 1926 Java
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Mecodina duplicata''
Leech, 1900 central China
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Mecodina externa''
Leech, 1900 central China
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Mecodina fasciata''
Sugi, 1982 Japan
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Mecodina hybrida''
Prout, 1926 Borneo
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Mecodina imperatrix''
(Holland, 1894) Gabon
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Mecodina inconspicua''
(Wileman & South, 1916) Taiwan
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Mecodina karapinensis''
Strand, 1920 Japan
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Mecodina kurosawai''
Sugi, 1982 Japan
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Mecodina lanceola''
Guenée, 1852 Bangladesh
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Mecodina lankesteri''
Leech, 1900 Sichuan
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Mecodina leucosticta''
Hampson, 1926 Singapore
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Mecodina metagrapta''
Hampson, 1926 Bali
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Mecodina mollita''
(Warren, 1913) Ichang
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Mecodina nigripuncta''
Hampson, 1926 Ghana
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Mecodina nubiferalis''
(Leech, 1889) Japan
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Mecodina ochrigraphta''
Hampson, 1926 southern Nigeria
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Mecodina odontophora''
(Swinhoe, 1895) Meghalaya
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Mecodina placida''
(Moore, 1882) western Bengal
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Mecodina praecipua''
(Walker, 1865) Sri Lanka
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Mecodina ruficeps''
Hampson, 1895 Nagas
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Mecodina rufipalpis''
Hampson, 1926 Angola
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Mecodina sichotensis''
(Kurentzov, 1950) south-eastern Siberia
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Mecodina subcostalis''
(Walker, 1865) northern China
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Mecodina subviolacea''
(Butler, 1881) Japan
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Mecodina umbrosa''
(Hampson, 1893) Sri Lanka
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Mecodina variata''
Robinson, 1969 Fiji
References
Calpinae
Moth genera
{{Calpinae-stub