Sciomesa
Encyclopedia
Sciomesa is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Sciomesa argocyma Fletcher, 1961
- Sciomesa betschi Viette, 1967
- Sciomesa biluma Nye, 1959
- Sciomesa constantini Laporte, 1984
- Sciomesa cyclophora Fletcher, 1961
- Sciomesa etchecopari Laporte, 1975
- Sciomesa janthina Viette, 1959
- Sciomesa jemjemensis Laporte, 1984
- Sciomesa mesophaea (Hampson, 1910)
- Sciomesa mesoscia (Hampson, 1918)
- Sciomesa mirifica Laporte, 1984
- Sciomesa nyei Fletcher, 1961
- Sciomesa oberthueri Viette, 1967
- Sciomesa ochroneura Fletcher, 1963
- Sciomesa piscator Fletcher, 1961
- Sciomesa renibifida Berio, 1973
- Sciomesa scotochroa (Hampson, 1914)
- Sciomesa secata Berio, 1977
- Sciomesa sjoestedti (Aurivillius, 1925)
- Sciomesa venata Fletcher, 1961