Meropleon
Dyar, 1924
Species Guides
6- Meropleon ambifusca(Newman's Brocade)
- Meropleon cinnamicolor(Cinnamon-colored Cutworm)
- Meropleon cosmion(cutworm moth)
- Meropleon diversicolor(multicolored sedgeminer moth)
- Meropleon linae
- Meropleon titan(Titan Brocade)
Meropleon is a of in the Noctuidae, established by Dyar in 1924. The genus contains six described distributed in North America. These moths belong to the Noctuinae, commonly known as owlet moths. Species within Meropleon have been documented from the United States, with particular records from Vermont.
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Distribution
North America; documented from the United States including Vermont.
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Species list
The contains six described : Meropleon ambifusca (Newman, 1948), Meropleon cinnamicolor Ferguson, 1982, Meropleon cosmion Dyar, 1924, Meropleon diversicolor (Morrison, 1875), Meropleon linae Metlevski, 2005, and Meropleon titan Todd, 1958.
Taxonomic history
The was established by Harrison G. Dyar in 1924 with Meropleon cosmion as the type . A significant taxonomic revision was published by Metlevski in 2005, which added Meropleon linae and contributed to the understanding of the genus's and faunistics.