Mesothen (moth)

Mesothen is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1898.

Species
The genus includes the following species: • Mesothen albifrons Schaus, 1901

• Mesothen albilimbata Dognin, 1912

• Mesothen aurantegula E. D. Jones, 1914

• Mesothen aurantiaca Dognin, 1906

• Mesothen aurata Dognin, 1913

• Mesothen bisexualis Dognin, 1912

• Mesothen caeruleicorpus Schaus, 1905

• Mesothen catherina Schaus, 1892

• Mesothen cosmosomoides Rothschild, 1911

• Mesothen demicostata Kaye, 1918

• Mesothen dorsimacula Rothschild, 1911

• Mesothen desperata Walker, 1856 (see Valvaminor desperata)

• Mesothen endoleuca Druce, 1905 (see Valvaminor endoleuca)

• Mesothen epimetheus Schaus, 1892

• Mesothen erythaema Hampson, 1898

• Mesothen ethela Schaus, 1911

• Mesothen flavicostata Druce, 1906

• Mesothen flaviventris Druce, 1884

• Mesothen ignea Druce, 1898

• Mesothen inconspicuata Kaye, 1911 (see Valvaminor inconspicuata)

• Mesothen meridensis Rothschild, 1911

• Mesothen montana Schaus, 1911

• Mesothen nana Schaus, 1905

• Mesothen nomia Druce, 1900

• Mesothen ockendeni Druce, 1905

• Mesothen perflava Kaye, 1911

• Mesothen petosiris Druce, 1883

• Mesothen pyrrha Schaus, 1889 (see Valvaminor pyrrha)

• Mesothen pyrrhina E. D. Jones, 1914 (see Valvaminor pyrrhina)

• Mesothen restricta Rothschild, 1931

• Mesothen rogenhoferi Schaus, 1892

• Mesothen roseifemur Draudt, 1915

• Mesothen samina Druce, 1896

• Mesothen semiflava Rothschild, 1911

• Mesothen temperata Schaus, 1911

• Mesothen tigrina Rothschild, 1931

• Mesothen zenobia Schaus, 1927