"Hagnagora" mesenata is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Felder and Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in Chile.

Hagnagora mesenata
Male (dorsal view left and ventral view)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Hagnagora
Species:
H. mesenata
Binomial name
Hagnagora mesenata
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Heterusia mesenata Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Taxonomy edit

The species was provisionally removed from the genus Hagnagora. The wing pattern and particularly the wing shape diverge strongly from species in this genus.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Brehm, Gunnar (November 18, 2015). "Three new species of Hagnagora Druce, 1885 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae) from Ecuador and Costa Rica and a concise revision of the genus". ZooKeys (537): 131–156. doi:10.3897/zookeys.537.6090. PMC 4714052. PMID 26798242.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.