Mnesictena notata

Mnesictena notata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Mnesictena
Species:	M. notata
Binomial name
	Mnesictena notata; (Butler, 1879)
Synonyms
	Scopula notata Butler, 1879 ;

Mnesictena notata is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is endemic to New Zealand.[2][3]

The forewings are reddish clay coloured, slightly sericeous (silky). The discoidal area is dusky and there is a black-edged white rhomboidal spot at the end of the cell, as well as a grey discal line, arched beyond the cell and with a zigzag course from the first median branch to the inner margin. The hindwings are pale creamy ochreous, speckled at the apex and on the basal area with grey scales. Two black spots are placed obliquely at the end of the cell and there is a marginal series of black dots.[4]

References

Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
"NZOR Name Details - Udea notata (Butlera, 1879)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
"GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
Butler, A. G. (1879). "On a small collection of Heterocerous Lepidoptera, from New Zealand". Cistula Entomologica. 2: 487–511 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[NZIB-1] Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.

[2] "NZOR Name Details - Udea notata (Butlera, 1879)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

[3] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[4] Butler, A. G. (1879). "On a small collection of Heterocerous Lepidoptera, from New Zealand". Cistula Entomologica. 2: 487–511 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.