Maculonaclia tampoketsya

Maculonaclia tampoketsya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Maculonaclia
Species: M. tampoketsya
Binomial name
Maculonaclia tampoketsya
Griveaud, 1969

Maculonaclia tampoketsya is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in central Madagascar.[1]

This species has a wingspan of 22mm. It has narrow, allongated forewings of darf brown colour with 5 straw-yellow spots. The genitalia of this species are close to Maculonaclia ankasoka. The holotype provides from the region of Ankazobe.[2]

References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Griveaud, P. 1969. Amatidae nouveaux ou peu connus de Madagascar (Lep.). - Bulletin de Madagascar 274:3–20.


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