Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Rank Genus | |
Similar Hydrillodes, Hipoepa fractalis, Bertula, Bocana, Zanclognatha | ||
Mosopia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. It is found in south-east Asia, including Thailand, Borneo and Malaysia. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1866 from a specimen in the British Museum. The specimen Walker describes was from Penang in Malaysia.
Walker gave Mosopia megaspila as a type species. This species has a wingspan of 39 millimetres (1.5 in) with a large distinctive black spot in the middle of each forewings (hence the name megaspila, which means "large spotted"). There are three other species classified under the Mosopia genus.
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