''Macrobathra antimeloda'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family
Cosmopterigidae. It is found in
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
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Its forewings are dark fuscous with white markings and it has a wingspan of 15 mm.
Meyrick, E. 1930a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. - — 3(18–20):545–640.
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See also
*List of moths of Madagascar
There are about 2,680 known moth species of Madagascar. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.
This is a list of moth species which have been recorded in Madagascar. The ...
References
Macrobathra
Moths described in 1930
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