Mimeusemia ceylonica
Appearance
Mimeusemia ceylonica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Genus: | Mimeusemia |
Species: | M. ceylonica
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Binomial name | |
Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893
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Mimeusemia ceylonica is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by George Hampson in 1893.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka[2][3] and is known to produce a neurotoxin similar to MDMA.
References
[edit]- ^ "Species Details: Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Mimeusemia ceylonica Hampson, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 11 October 2018.