Mecodina cyanodonta Hampson, 1902 -

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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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total2
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. 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 2024. Mecodina cyanodonta Hampson, 1902 – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.81. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/Mecodina-cyanodonta, accessed 2024/12/03.