Macaretaera

Macaretaera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Genus: Macaretaera
Meyrick, 1886
Species:
M. hesperis
Binomial name
Macaretaera hesperis
Meyrick, 1886
Synonyms
  • Trichoptychodes Swinhoe, 1894
  • Trigonophylla Turner, 1937
  • Trichoptychodes delicata Swinhoe, 1894
  • Trigonophylla trichroma Turner, 1937

Macaretaera is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It contains only one species, Macaretaera hesperis, described by the same author in the same year, which is found in India, Vietnam, Australia (Queensland), Papua New Guinea and on Fiji.

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