Mimeusemia

Mimeusemia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1875. Species are found in Japan, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Mimeusemia
Mimeusemia perakana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Subfamily:	Agaristinae
Genus:	Mimeusemia Butler, 1875

Description

Veins 9 and 10 of the forewing both anastomosing (fusing) with veins 7 and 8 to form an areole. Claspers of male are large.[1]

Species

• Mimeusemia accurata Swinhoe, 1889
• Mimeusemia albicilia Hampson, 1894
• Mimeusemia amanda Kishida, 1993
• Mimeusemia basalis Walker, 1854
• Mimeusemia centralis Rothschild, 1896
• Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893
• Mimeusemia davidsoni Swinhoe, 1899
• Mimeusemia econia Hampson, 1900
• Mimeusemia limbata Jordan, 1939
• Mimeusemia lombokensis Rothschild, 1897
• Mimeusemia perakana Rothschild, 1896
• Mimeusemia persimilis Butler, 1875
• Mimeusemia peshwa Moore, 1858
• Mimeusemia postica Walker, 1862
• Mimeusemia puciola Druce, 1895
• Mimeusemia semyron Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]
• Mimeusemia simplex Lucas, 1891
• Mimeusemia vilemani Hampson, 1911
• Mimeusemia vittata Butler, 1875

References

1. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

• Kishida, Y. (1993). "The agaristine moths of south east Asia (3), Description of three new forms of Longicella, Cruriopsis and Mimeusemia (Noctuidae: Agaristinae)." Gekkan-Mushi (269): 12–13.
• Savela, Markku. "Mimeusemia Butler, 1875". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 20, 2019.
• Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.