Mosopia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. It is found in south-east Asia, including Thailand, Borneo and Malaysia. The genus was first described by Francis Walker in 1866 from a specimen in the British Museum. The specimen Walker describes was from Penang in Malaysia.
Walker gave Mosopia megaspila as a type species. This species has a wingspan of with a large distinctive black spot in the middle of each forewings (hence the name megaspila, which means "large spotted"). Three other species are also classified in the genus Mosopia.
Species In alphabetical order: Mosopia eudoxusalis (Walker, ) Sundaland, Thailand Mosopia kononenkoi Holloway, 2008 Borneo, Sumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand Mosopia magniplaga (Swinhoe, 1905) Meghalaya Mosopia megaspila Walker, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo Mosopia pallidusalis Holloway, 2008 Borneo Mosopia sordidum (Butler, 1879) Japan, Korea
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