Macronemata

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Macronemata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Genus: Macronemata
Meyrick, 1883
Type species
Macronemata elaphia
Meyrick, 1883
Synonyms
  • Eulechria elaphia
  • Eulechria exiguaTurner, 1916
  • Macronemata omospilaTurner, 1936
  • Macronemata pauxillaTurner, 1939
  • Machaeritis compsaTurner, 1939

Macronemata is a monotypic genus of moths of the family Oecophoridae. The only species is Macronemata elaphia. Both the genus and the sole species were described by Edward Meyrick in 1883. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Macronemata elaphia is endemic to Australia and is known from New South Wales and Tasmania. [1]

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References

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