| Plusiopalpa hildebrandti | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Plusiopalpa |
| Species: | P. hildebrandti |
| Binomial name | |
| Plusiopalpa hildebrandti (Saalmüller, 1891) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Plusiopalpa hildebrandti is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Madagascar. [1] [2]
This species is related to Chrysodeixis chalcites . The wingspan of the adult moths is 35 mm. [3]
Max Saalmüller named this species after the botanist and traveller J.M. Hildebrandt who discovered this and other species for the collection of the Königliches Museum für Naturkunde (Royal Museum for Natural History), Berlin and who died in May 1881 in Antananarivo. [4]
Hemiceratoides hieroglyphica is a moth from Madagascar. It was discovered in 2006 that it frequents sleeping birds at night, and drinks their tears, using a specialized, harpoon-like proboscis. Tear-feeding moths outside of Madagascar, are not directly related to this species, and have evolved dissimilar mechanisms for drinking from large animals like deer or crocodiles.
Xanthomera is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by George Hampson in 1914. Its only species, Xanthomera leucoglene, was first described by Paul Mabille in 1880. It is found in central, southern and eastern Africa and on Madagascar.
Cataclysta pusillalis is a Crambidae moth species in the genus Cataclysta. It was described by Saalmüller, in 1880, and is known from Madagascar.
Autocharis carnosalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Max Saalmüller in 1880 and is found in northern Madagascar.
Autoba costimacula is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Max Saalmüller in 1880. It is found in southern and eastern Africa, on the islands of the Indian Ocean and in Yemen.
Plusiocalpe micans is a moth of the family Nolidae first described by Max Saalmüller in 1891. It is found in Madagascar. The wingspan of the adult moths is 24–29 mm.
Psara ferruginalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Max Saalmüller in 1880. It is found on Madagascar and Réunion.
Pyrausta posticalis is a moth of the family Crambidae. It can be found in Madagascar.
Macella euritiusalis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is known from the Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo and from Madagascar.
Attonda adspersa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1874. It is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, India, Sulawesi, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, New Guinea and the Solomons.
Megacephalomana rivulosum is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Madagascar.
Vietteania pinna is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Africa and its presence has been recorded in Congo, Eritrea, Madagascar and Tanzania.
Pericyma basalis is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on Madagascar and Réunion.
Glyphodes boseae is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Max Saalmüller in 1880 and it is found in Madagascar.
Parotis prasinalis is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Madagascar, Mozambique, Comoros, Seychelles and in Kenya.
Lygropia ochracealis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Max Saalmüller in 1880. It is found on Madagascar.
Elophila minimalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Max Saalmüller in 1880 and is found in Madagascar.
Aletia infrargyrea is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Max Saalmüller in 1891. It is known from Madagascar.
Lophoptera litigiosa is a member of the moth family Euteliidae.
Syrrusis pictura is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Madagascar.
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