Macaduma biangulata

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Macaduma biangulata is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 1979. It is found in New Caledonia. [1]

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Detailed descriptions specific to Macaduma biangulata are limited, but the genus Macaduma generally contains moth species characterized by features typical of the Arctiinae subfamily. These moths often have slender bodies and wings with delicate patterns, which may assist them in camouflage. [2]

Macaduma biangulata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Macaduma
Species:
M. biangulata
Binomial name
Macaduma biangulata
Holloway, 1979

Research and Conservation

Currently, there is limited published research focusing exclusively on Macaduma biangulata. The species is not widely reported outside taxonomic and faunistic surveys. There appears to be no conservation status assessed or noted for this species.

Distribution

This species is known exclusively from New Caledonia, an archipelago in the southwest Pacific Ocean.

Conservation and Research Notes

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Macaduma biangulata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  2. "::The Moths of Borneo::". www.mothsofborneo.com. Retrieved 2025-08-08.