Mecothrix melalopha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Nolidae
Subfamilia: Nolinae
Tribus: Nolini
Genus: Mecothrix
Species: Mecothrix melalopha

Name

Mecothrix melalopha (Hampson, 1900)

Type locality: W. Africa [Ghana], Accra.

Holotype: BMNH. female ♀. genitalia slide 578. leg. E.T. Carter.

Synonyms

• Celama melalopha Hampson, 1900 (original combination)
• Nola (Mecothrix) melalopha (Hampson): Hacker, 2012
• Mecothrix melalopha (Hampson):

References

• Hacker, H.H., Schreier, H.P. & Goater, B. 2012. Revision of the tribe Nolini of Africa and the Western Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae, Nolinae). Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie 17: 1–614. Abstract (PDF). Reference page. 
• Hampson, G.F., 1900: Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum II. Arctiadae: Nolinae, Lithosianae. - — 2:i–xx, 1–589.