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Hagnagora mesenata

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Hagnagora mesenata
Male (dorsal view left and ventral view)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Hagnagora
Species:
H. mesenata
Binomial name
Hagnagora mesenata
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Heterusia mesenata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

"Hagnagora" mesenata is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Felder and Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in Chile.

Taxonomy

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The species was provisionally removed from the genus Hagnagora. The wing pattern and particularly the wing shape diverge strongly from species in this genus.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Brehm, Gunnar (November 18, 2015). "Three new species of Hagnagora Druce, 1885 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Ecuador and Costa Rica and a concise revision of the genus". ZooKeys (537): 131–156. doi:10.3897/zookeys.537.6090. PMC 4714052. PMID 26798242. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.