Mecodina is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Description
Palpi sickle shaped, where the second joint reaching vertex of head. Third joint long and naked. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia slightly fringed with hair on outer side. Forewing with rectangular apex. Areole usually narrow. Hindwings with vein 5 from close to lower angle of cell.
Species
- Mecodina aequilinea <small>Hampson, 1926</small> Assam
- Mecodina africana <small>(Holland, 1894)</small> Gabon
- Mecodina agrestis <small>(Swinhoe, 1890)</small> Myanmar
- Mecodina albodentata <small>(Swinhoe, 1895)</small> India (Meghalaya)
- Mecodina ambigua <small>Leech, 1900</small> western China
- Mecodina analis <small>(Swinhoe, 1890)</small> Myanmar
- Mecodina apicia <small>Hampson, 1926</small> Ghana
- Mecodina bisignata <small>(Walker, 1865)</small> Timor, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Australia
- Mecodina cataloxia <small>Viette, 1958</small> Madagascar
- Mecodina ceruleosparsa <small>Hampson, 1907</small> Khasis
- Mecodina cineracea <small>(Butler, 1879)</small> Japan
- Mecodina costanotata <small>Wileman & West, 1929</small> Philippines (Luzon)
- Mecodina costimacula <small>Leech, 1900</small> western China
- Mecodina cyanodonta <small>Hampson, 1902</small> Khasis
- Mecodina diastriga <small>Hampson, 1926</small> Java
- Mecodina duplicata <small>Leech, 1900</small> central China
- Mecodina externa <small>Leech, 1900</small> central China
- Mecodina fasciata <small>Sugi, 1982</small> Japan
- Mecodina hybrida <small>Prout, 1926</small> Borneo
- Mecodina imperatrix <small>(Holland, 1894)</small> Gabon
- Mecodina inconspicua <small>(Wileman & South, 1916)</small> Taiwan
- Mecodina karapinensis <small>Strand, 1920</small> Japan
- Mecodina kurosawai <small>Sugi, 1982</small> Japan
- Mecodina lanceola <small>Guenée, 1852</small> Bangladesh
- Mecodina lankesteri <small>Leech, 1900</small> Sichuan
- Mecodina leucosticta <small>Hampson, 1926</small> Singapore
- Mecodina metagrapta <small>Hampson, 1926</small> Bali
- Mecodina mollita <small>(Warren, 1913)</small> Ichang
- Mecodina nigripuncta <small>Hampson, 1926</small> Ghana
- Mecodina nubiferalis <small>(Leech, 1889)</small> Japan
- Mecodina ochrigraphta <small>Hampson, 1926</small> southern Nigeria
- Mecodina odontophora <small>(Swinhoe, 1895)</small> Meghalaya
- Mecodina placida <small>(Moore, 1882)</small> western Bengal
- Mecodina praecipua <small>(Walker, 1865)</small> Sri Lanka
- Mecodina ruficeps <small>Hampson, 1895</small> Nagas
- Mecodina rufipalpis <small>Hampson, 1926</small> Angola
- Mecodina sichotensis <small>(Kurentzov, 1950)</small> south-eastern Siberia
- Mecodina subcostalis <small>(Walker, 1865)</small> northern China
- Mecodina subviolacea <small>(Butler, 1881)</small> Japan
- Mecodina umbrosa <small>(Hampson, 1893)</small> Sri Lanka
- Mecodina variata <small>Robinson, 1969</small> Fiji
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