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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Window-winged Moths (Thyridoidea) » Window-winged Moths (Thyrididae) » Siculodinae » Meskea

Genus Meskea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Print References
Plume Moth - Meskea dyspteraria Window-winged Moth - Hodges #6085 - Meskea dyspteraria Window-winged Moth - Hodges#6085 (Meskea dyspteraria) ? - Meskea dyspteraria Lucky find - Meskea dyspteraria Meskea dyspteraria Interesting moth. - Meskea dyspteraria Interesting moth. - Meskea dyspteraria Meskea dyspteraria
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Thyridoidea (Window-winged Moths)
Family Thyrididae (Window-winged Moths)
Subfamily Siculodinae
Genus Meskea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Meskea Grote, 1877
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of Otto von Meske (1837-1890).
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1877. A new genus and species of geometrae. The Canadian Entomologist 9(6): 114.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 17 May, 2007 - 8:21am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 4 March, 2018 - 3:28pm

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