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(Redirected from Melanastia bicolor) Genus of moths

Melanastia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Phycitinae
Genus: Melanastia
Hampson, 1930
Species: M. bicolor
Binomial name
Melanastia bicolor
Hampson, 1930
Synonyms
  • Melanistia Whalley, 1970

Melanastia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Hampson in 1930. Its only species, Melanastia bicolor, described in the same article, is found in Nigeria and South Africa.

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Melanastia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  3. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Melanastia bicolor Hampson, 1930". Afromoths. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
Taxon identifiers
Melanastia bicolor


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