# Masca abactalis

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{{Short description|Species of moth}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Masca abactalis
| parent_authority = [Walker](/source/Francis_Walker_(entomologist)), 1859
| authority = Walker, 1859
| synonyms = 
Generic<br/>
*''Phagytra'' <small>Walker, [1866]</small>
Specific<br/>
*''Phagytra leucogastralis'' <small>Walker, [1866]</small>
*''Metria platypoda'' <small>Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874</small>
*''Masca bicolora'' <small>Bethune-Baker</small>
}}

thumb | right | Masca abactalis specimen
'''''Masca''''' is a [monotypic](/source/monotypic) [moth](/source/moth) genus in the family [Erebidae](/source/Erebidae). Its only species, '''''Masca abactalis''''', is found in [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar) and from [Sundaland](/source/Sundaland) to [New Guinea](/source/New_Guinea). Both the genus and the species were [first described](/source/Species_description) by [Francis Walker](/source/Francis_Walker_(entomologist)) in 1858.<ref>{{LepIndex |id=286229 |accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=August 19, 2019 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/pangraptinae/masca/ |title=''Masca'' Walker, [1859] |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=17176.0 |title=''Masca'' Walker, 1859 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=[Natural History Museum, London](/source/Natural_History_Museum%2C_London) |doi=10.5519/s93616qw |accessdate=June 24, 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Pangraptinae
Category:Noctuoidea genera
Category:Monotypic moth genera
Category:Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist)

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