Mesoptila melanolopha

Mesoptila melanolopha is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by Charles Swinhoe in 1895. It is found in Nepal, China (Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Hunan), Korea, Japan, Taiwan, India (Sikkim, Meghalaya), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and on Java, Bali and Borneo.[4]

Mesoptila melanolopha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Geometridae
Genus:	Mesoptila
Species:	M. melanolopha
Binomial name
Mesoptila melanolopha (C. Swinhoe, 1895)[1][2][3]
Synonyms
Eupithecia melanolopha C. Swinhoe, 1895 Tephroclystia melanolopha Eupithecia owadai Vojnits, 1988

The wingspan is 16–21 mm.[5]

The larvae have been recorded feeding Stephania species.[6]

References

1. Wu, Shipher (February 6, 2015). "Mesoptila melanolopha (Swinhoe, 1895)". Catalogue of Life in Taiwan (in Chinese). Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
2. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Eupithecia melanolopha Swinhoe 1895". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
3. Mironov, V. G. & Galsworthy, A. C. (2012). "A generic level review of Eupithecia Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae)". Zootaxa. 3587: 46-64.
4. Mironov, V. G.; Galsworthy, A. C. & Yazaki, K. (2009). "A survey of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in mainland South East Asia: Part II". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 60 (3): 167-188.
5. "千金藤球果尺蛾 Eupithecia melanolopha Swinhoe, 1895". 驚奇山行 [Surprise mountain line] (in Chinese). May 24, 2009. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
6. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Eupithecia melanolopha Swinhoe". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved April 21, 2020.