Mesoptila

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Geometroidea

Familia: Geometridae
Subfamilia: Larentiinae
Tribus: Eupitheciini
Subgenus: Eupitheciina
Genus: Mesoptila
Species: (7):
M. compsodes – M. deviridata – M. excita – M. festiva – M. melanolopha – M. murcida – M. unitaeniata
Name

Mesoptila Meyrick, 1891

Type species: Mesoptila compsodes Meyrick, 1891 by original designation.
Synonyms

Emmesocoma Warren, 1907 (synonymized by Mironov & Galsworthy 2012: 50).

References

Mironov, V.G. & Galsworthy, A.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: 46–64. Preview Reference page.

Mesoptila is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.
Species

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

Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Mesoptila Meyrick 1891". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017.

External links

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database