Mimeusemia

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

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.

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.

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

• 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.