Mesolia
Encyclopedia
Mesolia 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
- Mesolia albimaculalis Hampson, 1919
- Mesolia baboquivariella (Kearfott, 1907)
- Mesolia huachucaella Kearfott, 1908
- Mesolia incertellus (Zincken, 1821)
- Mesolia jamaicensis Hampson, 1919
- Mesolia margistrigella Hampson, 1899
- Mesolia microdontalis (Hampson, 1919)
- Mesolia monodella Marion, 1957
- Mesolia nipis (Dyar, 1914)
- Mesolia oraculella Kearfott, 1908
- Mesolia pandavella Ragonot in Joannis & Ragonot, 1889
- Mesolia pelopa (Turner, 1947)
- Mesolia plurimellus (Walker, 1863)
- Mesolia presidialis Hampson, 1919
- Mesolia rectilineella Hampson, 1899
- Mesolia scythrastis Turner, 1904
- Mesolia uniformella Janse, 1922