Macaretaera

Macaretaera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Macaretaera[1]
Meyrick, 1886[2]
Species: M. hesperis
Binomial name
Macaretaera hesperis
Meyrick, 1886
Synonyms
  • Trichoptychodes Swinhoe, 1894
  • Trigonophylla Turner, 1937
  • Trichoptychodes delicata Swinhoe, 1894
  • Trigonophylla trichroma Turner, 1937

Macaretaera is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Macaretaera hesperis, which is found in India, Vietnam, Australia (Queensland),[3] Papua New Guinea[4] and on Fiji.

References

  1. ↑ "Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database". Nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  2. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
  3. ↑ CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences - Australian Moths Online
  4. ↑ BOLD Systems


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