Taxonomic Information
Mecodina Guenée, 1852 species known from the Indian subregion.
Mecodina aequilinea Hampson, 1926. India: Assam.
Mecodina agrestis (Swinhoe, 1890) (Bertula). Myanmar.
Mecodina albodentata (Swinhoe, 1895) (Oglasa). India: NE Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya (TL: Cherrapunji), Karnataka, Kerala; Nepal.
Mecodina analis (Swinhoe, 1890) (Bertula). Myanmar.
Mecodina bisignata (Walker, 1865) (Boethantha). Indian subregion.
Mecodina ceruleosparsa Hampson, 1907. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasis).
Mecodina cineracea (Butler, 1879) (Psimada), NE Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal.
Mecodina cyanodonta Hampson, 1902. India: Meghalaya (TL: Khasis), Arunachal Pradesh.
Mecodina diastriga Hampson, 1926. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra.
Mecodina lanceola Guenée, 1852. NE Himalaya.
Mecodina metagrapta Hampson, 1926. India.
Mecodina odontophora (Swinhoe, 1895) (Seneratia). India: Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya.
Mecodina placida (Moore, 1882) (Bertula). India: West Bengal
Mecodina subcostalis (Walker, 1865) (Ophiusa). Nepal.
Mecodina praecipua (Walker, 1865) (Thermesia). Indian subregion, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala; Sri Lanka (TL).
Mecodina umbrosa (Hampson, 1893) (Araeognatha). Sri Lanka.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| Total | 1 | 2 |
- Mecodina cyanodonta Hampson, 1902. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (2): 215; TL: Khasis. Text at https://archive.org/details/journalofbombayn14190203bomb/page/215/mode/1up?view=theater
- Haruta, T. (Ed.). 1995. Moths of Nepal. Part 4. TINEA. Vol. 14 (Supplement 2). The Japan Heterocerists’ Society, Tokyo. Pl. 116/5. Lists Mecodina tigris as a senior synonym of Mecodina cyanodonta.
- Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2005. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuidae. An Illustrated Catalogue of the Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) in Thailand: Part 1: Herminiinae, Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Catocalinae, Aganainae, Euteliinae, Stictopterinae, Plusiinae, Pantheinae, Acronictinae and Agaristinae. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 261 pp. + 45 pls. Pg. 56, Pl. 14/22.
- http://www.jpmoth.org/~dmoth/Digital_Moths_of_Asia/90_NOCTUOIDEA/02_EREBIDAE/03_AGANAINAE/06_Mecodina/Mecodina_cyanodonta/Mecodina_cyanodonta.htm
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Mecodina cyanodonta Hampson, 1902 – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.11. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Mecodina-cyanodonta, accessed 2025/11/04.