Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea

Family

Erebidae

Subfamily

Arctiinae

Tribe/Subtribe

Lithosiini

Genus

Macotasa Moore, 1878

Type Species

Teulisna biplagella Butler, 1877

Species/Subspecies

Macotasa nubecula Moore, 1879 (Cossa)

Type Locality

Andamans

=Prabhasa fimbriata Hampson, 1894 (TL: Andamans)

Remarks

The Indian records of Macotasa tortricoides (Walker, 1862) are due to wrong identification of M. nubecula

Distribution

States/Union Territories

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Bio Geographic Zones/Zones

Indian Himalaya, Islands, South India