Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Mimallonidae

Mimallo saturata Walker, 1855, nomen dubium

Type material.

Holotype, ♀, presumed lost/destroyed. Type locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (see remarks of Menevia plagiata).

The unknown taxon Mimallo saturata was briefly discussed above in the remarks relating to Menevia plagiata because some specimens of Menevia had previously been attributed to Mimallo saturata (USNM; BOLD database). Given that the original description of Mimallo saturata includes characters that are not known in any Menevia, or even in any Mimallonidae, such as a red abdomen with yellow hairs and an orange stripe along each side, we treat Mimallo saturata as a nomen dubium until specimens from near the type locality matching this description can be located.