''Macna oppositalis'' is a species of

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in the genus '' Macna''. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It found on Aru,

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and the

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Subspecies

*''Macna oppositalis oppositalis'' *''Macna oppositalis lutealis'' (Snellen, 1894) (Obi)

References

Moths described in 1866 Pyralini {{Pyralini-stub