Maceda (moth) explained

Maceda is a genus of moths of the family Nolidae first described by Francis Walker in 1857.^[1]

Description

Palpi slender, and reaching just above vertex of head. Antennae ciliated. Abdomen with coarse hair on dorsum of proximal segments. Tibia nearly naked. Forewings tuftless. Apex almost rectangular. Male with bar-shaped retinaculum. The end of the cell rounded and dilated with a small patch of ribbed hyaline (glass-like) membrane, probably for stridulation with the spines of the mid-tarsi. Hindwings with stalked veins 3 and 4.^[2]

Species

• Maceda mansueta Walker, 1858 (Australasia)
• Maceda ignefumosa Warren, 1912 (from New Guinea)
• Maceda rufibasis Warren, 1912 (from New Guinea)
• Maceda ignepicta Hampson, 1914
• Maceda savura Robinson, 1968 (from Fiji)

References

• Walker, 1858. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. (13): 1122, 1140
• Papua-Insects.nl
• Web site: Savela . Markku . Maceda Walker, [1858] ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . January 20, 2019.

Notes and References

1. Web site: De Prins . J. . De Prins . W. . amp . 2018 . Maceda Walker, 1857 . Afromoths . January 20, 2019.
2. Book: Hampson, G. F. . George Hampson

   . George Hampson . 1894 . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II . Taylor and Francis . Biodiversity Heritage Library.