Mentaxya

Mentaxya is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

Mentaxya
M. albifrons in South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Noctuinae
Genus: Mentaxya
Geyer, 1837

Epizootic and parasitic fungus Batkoa apiculata has been found on moth, Mentaxya muscosa in Africa.[1]

Species

Some species of this genus are:[2]

  • Mentaxya albifrons (Geyer, 1837)
  • Mentaxya arabica Wiltshire, 1980
  • Mentaxya atritegulata (Hampson, 1902)
  • Mentaxya basilewskyi (Berio, 1955)
  • Mentaxya bergeri (Berio, 1955)
  • Mentaxya bruneli Laporte, 1975
  • Mentaxya camerunensis Laporte, 1973
  • Mentaxya comorana Viette, 1960
  • Mentaxya cumulata (Walker, 1865)
  • Mentaxya dallolmoi Berio, 1972
  • Mentaxya fletcheri (Berio, 1955)
  • Mentaxya fouqueae Laporte, 1974
  • Mentaxya grisea Laporte, 1973
  • Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker, 1857)
  • Mentaxya ikondae Berio, 1972
  • Mentaxya inconstans Laporte, 1984
  • Mentaxya indigna (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
  • Mentaxya lacteifrons Laporte, 1984
  • Mentaxya leroyi (Berio, 1955)
  • Mentaxya minor Berio, 1977
  • Mentaxya muscosa Geyer, 1837
  • Mentaxya nigromaculata Laporte, 1984
  • Mentaxya nimba Laporte, 1972
  • Mentaxya palmistarum (de Joannis, 1932)
  • Mentaxya percurvata (Berio, 1955)
  • Mentaxya pujoli Laporte, 1973
  • Mentaxya pyroides Berio, 1972
  • Mentaxya quadrata Berio, 1974
  • Mentaxya reninigra Laporte, 1977
  • Mentaxya rimosa (Guenée, 1852)
  • Mentaxya sandrae Laporte, 1974
  • Mentaxya sexalata Viette, 1958
  • Mentaxya strictirena Berio, 1974
  • Mentaxya suffusalis Laporte, 1973
  • Mentaxya thomasi Laporte, 1984
  • Mentaxya torrianii Laporte, 1977
  • Mentaxya trisellata Viette, 1958
  • Mentaxya trisellatoides Laporte, 1973
  • Mentaxya vuattouxi Laporte, 1972

References
  1. African Plant Protection African Plant Protection, Volumes 4-7 (1998), p. 48, at Google Books
  2. afromoths


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