Mesothyatira

Mesothyatira is a monotypic moth genus in the family Drepanidae described by Werny in 1966. Its only species, Mesothyatira simplificata, was described by Constant Vincent Houlbert in 1921.[1] It is found in the Chinese provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan.[2]

Mesothyatira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Drepanidae
Genus:
Mesothyatira

Werny, 1966
Species:
M. simplificata
Binomial name
Mesothyatira simplificata
(Houlbert, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Melanocraspes simplificata Houlbert, 1921

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mesothyatira". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 11 July 2018.
  2. Jiang, Nan; Yang, Chao; Xue, Dayong; Han, Hongxiang (March 2015). "An updated checklist of Thyatirinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae) from China, with descriptions of one new species". Zootaxa. 3941 (1): 1–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3941.1.1. PMID 25947492.


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