Megacephalomana stygium

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Megacephalomana stygium
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Megacephalomana
Species:
M. stygium
Binomial name
Megacephalomana stygium
(Saalmüller, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Megacephalom stygiumSaalmüller, 1881

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]

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