Menecina

Menecina
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Menecina
Walker, 1858
Species:
M. bifacies
Binomial name
Menecina bifacies
Walker, 1858
Synonyms

Generic

  • Blanona Walker, 1865

Specific

  • Menecina selenisoides Walker, 1865
  • Menecina tunicula Felder, 1874

Menecina is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Menecina bifacies, is found in Brazil. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1858.