Sciomesa punctipennis

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: Noctuidae
Subfamilia: Noctuinae
Tribus: Apameini
Subtribus: Sesamiina
Genus: Sciomesa
Species: Sciomesa punctipennis

Name

Sciomesa punctipennis (Krüger, 2005)

Type locality: Lesotho, Southern Africa, Maloti Mountains, Oxbow, 2530 m., 28º40'E, 28º45'S [sic]

Holotype: TMSA. male ♂. genitalia slide no. 14660. 14.I.1992. leg. N.J. Duke.

Synonyms

• Sesamia punctipennis Krüger, 2005
• Sciomesa punctipennis Krüger, 2005 (synonymized by Moyal et al. 2010:)

References

• Krüger, M., 2005: New genera and species of noctuid moths from Lesotho (Lepidoptera : Noctuoidea : Noctuidae). African Entomology 13 (1): 97–142.
• Moyal, P. , B. Le Rü, D. Conlong, D. Cugala, B. Defabachew, T. Matama-Kauma, B. Pallangyo and J. Van den Berg, 2010: Systematics and molecular phylogeny of two African stem borer genera, Sciomesa Tams & Bowden and Carelis Bowden (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 100 (6): 641–659. Abstract: DOI: 10.1017/S0007485309990721.