Mecyna
Encyclopedia
Mecyna is a genus
of moth
s of the Crambidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Crambidae
Crambidae
The Crambidae are the grass moth family of Lepidoptera . They are quite variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae taking up closely folded postures on grass-stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies include brightly coloured and patterned insects which rest in...
family.
Species
- Mecyna albalis Amsel, 1961
- Mecyna andalusica (Staudinger, 1879)
- Mecyna asiaticalis (Caradja, 1916)
- Mecyna asinalisMecyna asinalisMecyna asinalis is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in west and southern Europe, including Ireland, Britain, the Iberian Peninsula, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Albania, Croatia, Greece and Sicily, Sardinia, Malta, Madeira, Corsica, the Azores and the Canary...
(Hübner, 1819) - Mecyna atlanticum (Bethune-Baker, 1894)
- Mecyna auralis (Peyerimhoff, 1872)
- Mecyna babalis Amsel, 1970
- Mecyna bandiamiralis Amsel, 1970
- Mecyna biternalis (Mann, 1862)
- Mecyna catalalis Viette, 1953
- Mecyna cocosica Munroe, 1959
- Mecyna flavalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- Mecyna fuscimaculalis (Grote, 1878)
- Mecyna gracilis (Butler, 1879)
- Mecyna grisealis Amsel, 1961
- Mecyna indistinctalis Amsel, 1961
- Mecyna luscitialis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1914)
- Mecyna lutalbalis (Caradja, 1916)
- Mecyna lutealisMecyna lutealisMecyna lutealis is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is found in large parts of Europe, including Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania and Greece....
(Duponchel, 1833) - Mecyna luteofluvalis Mutuura, 1954
- Mecyna lutulentalis (Lederer, 1858)
- Mecyna marcidalis (Fuchs, 1879)
- Mecyna marioni Amsel, 1957
- Mecyna micalis (Caradja, 1916)
- Mecyna mustelinalis (Packard, 1873)
- Mecyna pistorialis (Zerny, 1934)
- Mecyna prunipennis Butler, 1879
- Mecyna quinquigera (Moore, 1888)
- Mecyna salangalis Amsel, 1970
- Mecyna sefidalis (Amsel, 1950)
- Mecyna submedialis (Grote, 1876)
- Mecyna subsequalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1843-1856)
- Mecyna suffusalis (Warren, 1892)
- Mecyna tapa (Strand, 1918)
- Mecyna tricolor (Butler, 1879)
- Mecyna trinalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)