Melanoptilia
| Melanoptilia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Subfamily: | Pterophorinae |
| Genus: | Melanoptilia Gielis, 2006 |
Melanoptilia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Cees Gielis in 2006. All described species come from Latin America.[1]
Species
[edit]- Melanoptilia arsenica (Meyrick, 1921)
- Melanoptilia nigra Gielis, 2006
- Melanoptilia chalcogastra (Meyrick, 1921)
- Melanoptilia haemogastra (Meyrick, 1926)
References
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- ↑ Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).
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