Taxonomic Information
Microselene Hampson, 1926 species known from the Indian subcontinent.
Microselene mesostipa Hampson, 1926. India: NE Himalaya, Sikkim (TL).
Microselene mopsa (Swinhoe, 1890). TL: Burma (Myanmar); NE Himalaya.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
Microselene mopsa -
Similar species: Microselene mesostipa Hampson, 1926
Microselene mopsa (Swinhoe, 1890) is fawn coloured, rather than reddish-brown.
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| Total | 1 |
- Zethes mopsa Swinhoe, 1890. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1890 (2): 251; TL: Burma, Rangoon. Text at https://archive.org/details/transactionsofen1890roya/page/251/mode/1up?view=theater
- Holloway, J.D. 2005. The moths of Borneo Parts 15 & 16, Family Noctuidae, subfamily Catocalinae. Malayan Nature Journal 58 (1): 84-86. Pl. 22/ 38.
- Egnasia mopsa; 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. Pl. 16/34.
- http://dearlep.tw/species.html?namecode=431543&photo_id=3e40b04f633543954839460e7b0301df
- https://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-15-16/throana/throana_3_2.php
Page citation
Anonymous 2025. Microselene mopsa (Swinhoe, 1890) – . In Sondhi, S., R.P. Singh, G. Iyer, J. D'silva and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.mothsofindia.org/index.php/Microselene-mopsa, accessed 2025/11/15.