Macotasa orientalis

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Macotasa orientalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Macotasa
Species:
M. orientalis
Binomial name
Macotasa orientalis
(Hampson, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Phaeosia orientalisHampson, 1905
  • Ilema pentaspilaHampson, 1907
  • Eilema pentaspila

Macotasa orientalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1905. It is found in Myanmar, China (Fujian, Yunnan), Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore and on Malacca, Sumatra and Borneo. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Dubatolov, V. V. (2012). "New genus, species and faunistic records of lichen-moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) from Vietnam" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal . 11 (6): 507–512, 506, III.
  2. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Macotasa orientalis Hampson". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved October 10, 2019.