Landry, Bernard;Léger, Théo
Mesolia
Sign in to saveMesolia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1889.
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Vinony's link graph records 23 inbound references to Mesolia, and connects out to Crambinae, Animalia and insect.
Vinony files it under Ancylolomiini, Crambidae genera and Taxa named by Émile Louis Ragonot.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 34
- Family
- Crambidae
- Collections
- YPM, DMNS, USNM, MISSA, CASC
- Recorded in
- United States
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Mesolia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1889.
==Description== Palpi porrect (extending forward), thickly clothed with hair, and extending about twice the length of the head. Maxillary palp triangularly scaled. Frons with a conical projection. Antennae of male thickened and flattened. Tibia with the outer spurs about half the length of inner. Forewings long and narrow, with rounded apex. Veins 4 and 5 from angle of cell and vein 3 absent. Veins 7, 8 and 9 stalked and veins 10 and 11 free. The outer margin produced from apex to vein 5. Hindwings with vein 3 absent. Veins 4 and 5 from angle of cell and vein 6 from upper angle. The upper margin of cell widely separated from veins 8 and vein 7 curving upwards to anastomose with vein 8.
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