Mecyna procillusalis (Walker, 1859)
| FAMILY | Crambidae |
| SUBFAMILY | Spilomelinae |
| GENUS | Mecyna |
| SPECIES | procillusalis |
| AUTHOR | (Walker, 1859) |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Botys Procillusalis |
| TYPE LOCALITY | [South Africa, Cape Province], Cape, leg. A. Smith. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | Transferred to Mecyna by K. Maes (2014b: 141). |
| PUBLICATION | Walker F. 1859c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XVIII. – Pyralides. - — 18:i–iv, 509–798. |
| PAGINATION |
641
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Synonyms
| NAME | AUTHOR | STATUS |
| flavissimalis | (Walker, 1866) | Synonym of species |
| holoxanthia | (Hampson, 1899) | Synonym of species |
Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| South Africa | Eastern Cape | Walker F. 1859c. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XVIII. – Pyralides. - — 18:i–iv, 509–798. | 641 |
| South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | Hampson G. F. 1899b. A revision of the moths of the subfamily Pyraustinae and family Pyralidae, part 2. - Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1899(1):172–291. | 239 (as holoxanthia) |
Host Plants
Unknown
