Mesoptila

Mesoptila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Tribe:	Eupitheciini
Genus:	Mesoptila; Meyrick, 1891
Synonyms
	Emmesocoma Warren, 1907;

Mesoptila is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.¹ The genus occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa and in South to East Asia to western Oceania (Australia, New Guinea).²

Species

There are seven recognized species:¹

Mesoptila compsodes Meyrick, 1891
Mesoptila deviridata (Warren, 1907)
Mesoptila excita (Prout, 1958)
Mesoptila festiva (Prout, 1916)
Mesoptila melanolopha Swinhoe, 1895
Mesoptila murcida Mironov & Galsworthy, 2012
Mesoptila unitaeniata (Warren, 1906)

References

Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys & Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Mesoptila Meyrick, 1891". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
Mironov, Vladimir G. & Galsworthy, Anthony C. (2012). "A generic level review of Eupithecia Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae)". Zootaxa. 3587 (1): 46–64 [50]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3587.1.2.

[Online_Taxonomic_Facility_of_Geometridae-1] Rajaei, Hossein; Hausmann, Axel; Scoble, Malcolm; Wanke, Dominic; Plotkin, David; Brehm, Gunnar; Murillo-Ramos, Leidys & Sihvonen, Pasi (6 June 2024). "Mesoptila Meyrick, 1891". Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae 1.1.24.158. Retrieved 26 June 2026.

[Mironov_&_Galsworthy_2012-2] Mironov, Vladimir G. & Galsworthy, Anthony C. (2012). "A generic level review of Eupithecia Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae)". Zootaxa. 3587 (1): 46–64 [50]. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3587.1.2.

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