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Macna rubra

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Macna rubra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Macna
Species:
M. rubra
Binomial name
Macna rubra
Synonyms
  • Plinthopa rubra Bethune-Baker, 1908

Macna rubra is a species of snout moth in the genus Macna.[1] It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1908. It is found in New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 48 mm. The forewings are bright red from the base to the antemedian line. There is a short oblique dark basal line. The postmedian line is dark crenulate and the area between this line and the antemedian is reddish grey. The terminal area is reddish grey and the wing is more or less finely irrorated with black. The hindwings are uniform greyish brown, with a terminal band of reddish. Adults have been recorded from January to March.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ^ Bethune-Baker, George Thomas (1908). "New Heterocera from British New Guinea". Novitates Zoologicae. 15: 225. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.15472. OCLC 1588421. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.