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Macaldenia Moore
Type
species: palumba Guenée, Java.
Synonyms:
Parallelura
Berio
(type species palumbioides Hampson, Africa); Pasipeda
Moore
(type species palumba) praeocc.
Both
included species, one African, one Indo-Australian, have facies as described
below; the row of white lunules on the hindwing is the clearest diagnostic
feature for the genus (Holloway & Miller, 2003). The male genitalia share
features such as a single corema to each valve, and a broad costal process
linked by thickening to a small knob in the position of the saccular process.
Otherwise, the two species are very different. The female genitalia have only a
shallow antevaginal plate, and the ductus and corpus bursae are small.
The
larva of the type species is described below and appears to be confined to
Rutaceae. The pupa has a powdery bloom.
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