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.
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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