''Macalla madegassalis'' is a species of
snout moth
The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyralid ...
in the genus ''
Macalla''. It was described by
Viette
Viette is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
*Viette Brown Sprague (1846–1923), American teaching missionary in Kalgan, China
*Pierre Viette
Pierre E. L. Viette (29 June 1921 – 30 April 2011) was a French e ...
in 1960, and is known from
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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References
Moths described in 1960
Epipaschiinae
Moths of Madagascar
Moths of Africa
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