Macalla (moth)

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Macalla
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Macalla superatalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Epipaschiinae
Genus: Macalla
Walker, 1859 [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • AradraphaWalker, 1866
  • MagallaMathew, 2006 (missp.) [2]
  • MochloceraGrote, 1876
  • PseudomacallaDognin, 1908
  • SalmaWalker, 1863

Macalla is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Macalla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  2. Mathew, George (May 2006). "An Inventory of Indian Pyralids (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)". Zoos' Print Journal. 21 (5): 2251. doi: 10.11609/JOTT.ZPJ.667.2245-58 . S2CID   87207663.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Macalla Walker, [1859]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 4 June 2017.