Mesapamea Heinicke, 1959
(rustics)

Mesapamea (rustics) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Mesapamea (rustics) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
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references
Mesapamea secalis
Common Rustic
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMesapamea (rustics)
TribeApameini (a tribe of moths)
SubfamilyXYLENINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyNOCTUIDAE (shuttle moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Mesapamea (rustics)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Townsend, M.C., Clifton, J. & Goodey, B. 2010 British and Irish moths: an illustrated guide to selected difficult species (covering the use of genitalia and other features) 91pp, Butterfly Conservation

Mesapamea (rustics) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Mesapamea (rustics):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 25 images of Mesapamea (rustics)

Mesapamea secalis and Mesapamea didyma, two rather variable species which can only be separated by examination of the male genitalia. M. remmi is a rather doubtful species or it may be the hybrid between the other two.

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