''Macella'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
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 ...
s of the family
Erebidae. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1859.
''Macella'' is the plural of
macellum
A macellum (plural: ''macella''; ''makellon'') is an ancient Roman indoor market building that sold mostly provisions (especially meat and fish). The building normally sat alongside the forum and basilica, providing a place in which a market cou ...
, a market of ancient Rome.
Species
*''
Macella euritiusalis''
Walker, 1858
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Macella flavithorax''
Gaede, 1940
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Macella sexmaculata''
Holland, 1894
*''
Macella sideris''
Holland, 1894
References
Calpinae
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