Mimeusemia Butler, 1875

Huang, Si-Yao, Hou, Yong-Xiang & Chen, Liu-Sheng, 2024, Rediscovery of the genus Saigonita Kiriakoff (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Agaristinae), with an updated checklist of Agaristinae from China, Zootaxa 5433 (2), pp. 277-288 : 285

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5433.2.7
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7FB9164E-EE9E-4A5A-841D-852189AC8238
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10978973
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FFEA54-FFD9-FFF4-A5E4-CAE25054FB89
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Mimeusemia Butler, 1875
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Mimeusemia Butler, 1875 View in CoL *

M. basalis ( Walker, 1854) View in CoL

M. persimilis Butler, 1875 View in CoL

M. vilemani Hampson, 1911 View in CoL

Taxonomic note. Chen (1982, 1999) recorded M. ceylonica Hampson, 1903 View in CoL from Hainan and Guangdong, Southern China.After a detailed comparison, we concluded that M. ceylonica sensu Chen (1982 View in CoL , 1999) is an unknown species differs from the true ceylonica View in CoL by the smaller size and the larger discal spot on hindwing upperside, pending future study. Therefore this species is deleted from the current list.