Mesoptila

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Geometroidea

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: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Larentiinae
Tribus: Eupitheciini
Subgenus: Eupitheciina
Genus: Mesoptila
Species: (7):
M. compsodes – M. deviridata – M. excita – M. festiva – M. melanolopha – M. murcida – M. unitaeniata

Name

Mesoptila Meyrick, 1891

Type species: Mesoptila compsodes Meyrick, 1891 by original designation.

Synonyms

• Emmesocoma Warren, 1907 (synonymized by Mironov & Galsworthy 2012: 50).

References

• Mironov, V.G. & Galsworthy, A.C. 2012. A generic level review of Eupithecia Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae). Zootaxa 3587: 46–64. Preview Reference page.