Macella euritiusalis

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.[1]

Macella euritiusalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Calpinae
Genus:
Macella
Species:
M. euritiusalis
Binomial name
Macella euritiusalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Capnodes euritiusalis
  • Capnodes consocia (Walker, 1865)
  • Capnodes disticha (Saalmüller, 1891)
  • Capnodes excentrica (Karsch, 1896)
  • Eucapnodes megalosara (Bethune-Baker, 1911)
  • Capnodes sexmaculata (Walker, 1865)
  • Capnodes trinotata (Walker, 1869)
  • Capnodes margineguttata (Heyden, 1891)

The wingspan of this species is around 32-34 mm.[2]

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Macella euritiusalis (Walker, 1859)". Afromoths. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  2. Saalmüller, Max (1892). "Lepideptoren von Madagaskar". Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. page 481, ref. 808/810; Fig. 197/176.


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