Macrocilix maia

{{short description|Species of hook-tip moth}}

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| taxon = Macrocilix maia

| authority = (Leech, 1888)

| synonyms = *Argyris maia Leech, 1888

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Macrocilix maia is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by John Henry Leech in 1888. It is found in India, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/macrocilix/#maia |title=Macrocilix maia (Leech, 1888) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=August 5, 2018}}

Adults have been recorded in May.{{cite web|first=Felix |last=Lin |url=http://www.geocities.ws/drepanidae/drep.14.html |title=Macrocilix maia (Leech) |website=Oriental Butterflies and Moths |accessdate=August 5, 2018}}

The larvae feed on the leaves of Quercus variabilis.{{cite web|url=http://140.112.100.38/chinese/publication/journal/pdf/t2201/t220103.pdf |title=Larval Morphology and Host Plants of Drepanidea (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) in Southern Taiwan |format=PDF |accessdate=December 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425144509/http://140.112.100.38/chinese/publication/journal/pdf/t2201/t220103.pdf |archivedate=April 25, 2012}}{{cite web |last=Holloway |first=Jeremy Daniel |url=http://www.mothsofborneo.com/part-8/drepaninae/drepaninae_6_1.php |title=Macrocilix maia Leech |website=The Moths of Borneo |accessdate=August 5, 2018}}

The moth features two symmetrical patterns resembling flies feeding on bird droppings. The moth has a pungent odor.Wild, Alex [http://www.myrmecos.net/2011/08/30/a-mural-on-moth-wings/ "A mural on moth wings"]. Myrmecos. Retrieved August 16, 2013.