Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Noctuoidea Noctuidae Xyleninae

• Sciomesa mesophaea (Hampson, 1910) Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya - Tanzania - South Africa. See [maps]

  • Conicofrontia mesophaea Hampson, 1910; Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 9: 530, 10 pl. 148, f. 25 (Conicofrontia mesophaea Aurivillius, ined.); TL: German East Africa, Kilimanjaro
  • Conicofrontia mesoscia Hampson, 1918; Novit. zool. 25 (1): 156; TL: Natal, Durban
    • = ; Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648
  • Sciomesa mirifica Laporte, 1984; 36, pl. 8, f. 112; TL: Ethiopia, Dinsho Marsh
    • = ; Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648
  • Sciomesa constantini Laporte, 1984; 36, pl. 8, f. 11; TL: Ethiopia, Dinsho Reserve
    • = ; Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648
  • Sciomesa ? etchecopari Laporte, 1975; 282, f. 8; TL: Ethiopia, Kebre-Mengist region
    • = ; Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648

  • Sciomesa etchecopari; [POOLE]
  • Sciomesa constantini; [POOLE]
  • Sciomesa mirifica; [POOLE]
  • Sciomesa mesoscia; [POOLE]
  • Sciomesa mesophaea; [POOLE]; Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648

  Larva on Typha domigensis, T. latifolia, Cyperus dives, C. atroviridis, C. congestus, C. dichrostachyus, C. involucratus, C. solidus, Carex acutiformis, Schoenoplectus sp. Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648

• Sciomesa excelsa (Laporte, 1976) Ethiopia. See [maps]

  • Sesamia excelsa Laporte, 1976; 134, f. 9; TL: Ethiopia, Mont Batu region
  • Acrapex sparsipuncta Laporte, 1984; 31, pl. 9, f. 119; TL: Ethiopia, Dinsho Marsh
    • = ; Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648

  • Acrapex sparsipuncta; [POOLE]
  • Sesamia excelsa; [POOLE]
  • Sciomesa excelsa; Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648
• Sciomesa venata Fletcher, 1961 Uganda, Kenya. See [maps]

  • Sciomesa venata Fletcher, 1961; 210, f. 45; TL: Ruwenzori, Misigo

  • Sciomesa venata; [POOLE]; Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648

  Larva on Schoenoplectus corymbosus Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648

• Sciomesa scotochroa (Hampson, 1914) South Africa. See [maps]

  • Conicofrontia scotochroa Hampson, 1914; 164; TL: Transvaal, Pretoria

  • Sciomesa scotochroa; [POOLE]; Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648

  Larva on Cyperus fastigiatus Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648

• Sciomesa boulardi (Laporte, 1984) Ethiopia. See [maps]

  • Acrapex boulardi Laporte, 1984; 31, pl. 9, f. 16; TL: Ethiopia, Koffole Region
  • Acrapex congitae Laporte, 1984; 32, pl. 9, f. 115; TL: Ethiopia, Koffole Region
    • = ; Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648
  • Sesamia minuta Laporte
    • = ; Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648
  • Sesamia minuscula Laporte
    • = ; Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648

  • Acrapex congitae; [POOLE]
  • Acrapex boulardi; [POOLE]
  • Sciomesa boulardi; Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648
• Sciomesa renibifida Berio, 1973 Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Sciomesa renibifida Berio, 1973; Ann. Mus. nat. Giacomo Doria 79: 145, f. 23; TL: Ikonda

  • Sciomesa renibifida; [POOLE]; Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648
• Sciomesa punctipennis (Krüger) Lesotho. See [maps]

  • Sciomesa punctipennis; Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648
• Sciomesa gnosia Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010 Kenya. See [maps]

  • Sciomesa gnosia Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010; Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 647, 648, f. 3-4, 16, 23; TL: Kenya, Sigismon Forest (00°01'04"S, 37°100'19"E, 2793m)

  Larva on Cyperus dereilema Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648

• Sciomesa bua Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010 Tanzania. See [maps]

  • Sciomesa bua Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010; Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 647, 648, f. 5, 17; TL: Tanzania, Moronga (09°10'18"S, 34°13'42"E, 2246m)

  Larva on Cyperus fisherianus Moyal, Le Rü, Conlong, Cugala, Defabachew, Matama-Kauma, Pallangyo & Van den Berg, 2010, Bull. Ent. Res. 100 (6): 648

• Sciomesa betschi Viette, 1967 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Sciomesa betschi Viette, 1967; 266; TL: Madagascar, Tsaratanana Massif, Matsabory, in vicinity fo Andohanisambirano

  • Sciomesa betschi; [POOLE]
• Sciomesa janthina Viette, 1959 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Sciomesa janthina Viette, 1959; 228; TL: Madagascar, Andringitra Massif, around Boby

  • Sciomesa janthina; [POOLE]
• Sciomesa oberthueri Viette, 1967 Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Sciomesa oberthueri Viette, 1967; 697, f. 538; TL: Madagascar, Route to Anosibe, km. 57

  • Sciomesa oberthueri; [POOLE]
• Sciomesa secata Berio, 1977 Ethiopia. See [maps]

  • Sciomesa secata Berio, 1977; Ann. Mus. nas. Giacomo Doria 81: 330, f. 15; TL: Abessinien, Adis Abeba

  • Sciomesa secata; [POOLE]
• Sciomesa sjoestedti (Aurivillius, 1925) Zaire. See [maps]

  • Conicofrontia sjoestedti Aurivillius, 1925; 1313, f. 76; TL: Belgian Congo, Duma, Ubangi district

  • Sciomesa sjoestedti; [POOLE]

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