Short description: Species of insect

Macrocyttara pamphaea

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Insecta

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Lepidoptera

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Cossidae

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Macrocyttara

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M. pamphaea

Binomial name
Macrocyttara pamphaea

Turner, 1945

Synonyms

Culama pamphaea Turner, 1945

Macrocyttara pamphaea is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Turner in 1945. It is found in Australia , where it has been recorded from Queensland,[1] South Australia, the Northern Territory, New South Wales and Victoria. The habitat consists of dry woodland.

The wingspan is 27.5–31 mm for males and about 41 mm for females. Adults have been recorded from September to May.[2]

## References

1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Culama pamphaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=70982.
2. ↑ Kallies, A. & Hilton, D.J., 2012: Revision of Cossinae and small Zeuzerinae from Australia (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Zootaxa 3454: 1-62. Abstract: [1].

* Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

See also Wikidata entry Q13804779.

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