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Megacephalomana stygium (Saalmüller, 1881) | |
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Megacephalomana stygium is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae (owlet moths). It is found in Madagascar. [1]
This species has a big head, with bipectinated antennaes with a length of 2/3 of the forewings. Head and chest are black-brown, antennae darkbrown, forewings black-brown with some violet shine and 3 dented transversal lines. It has a wingspan of 46mm. [2]
The common footman is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johann Leopold Theodor Friedrich Zincken in 1817. It is distributed throughout Europe and east through the Palearctic to Lake Baikal.
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Eucyclodes gavissima, the Oriental orange banded green geometer moth, is a species of moth of the family Geometridae described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in the Indian subregion, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, western China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Sumatra and Borneo.
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