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Machairophora fulvipuncta Hampson, 1893
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Machairophora fulvipuncta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893 from the Maskeliya area in Sri Lanka.[1]
Its wingspan is about 20 mm. In the male, the head, collar and tegula are orange yellow. Its thorax is dark brownish with a few orange scales. Abdomen and wings are very dark brown. Forewings with a dusky-yellow patch at the center of the inner margin. The female is wingless.[2]