Melnea

Short description: Genus of moths

Melnea

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Insecta

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Lepidoptera

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Cosmopterigidae

Subfamily:  |

incertae sedis

Genus:  |

Melnea

J.F.G.Clarke, 1986

Species:  |

M. armigera

Binomial name
Melnea armigera

(Meyrick, 1923)

Synonyms

Ascalenia armigera Meyrick, 1923

Melnea is a gelechioid moth genus usually placed in the cosmet moth family (Cosmopterigidae); its exact relationships are not yet resolved however. Only a single species is known, Melnea armigera. It ranges widely in insular Melanesia and southern Polynesia (Nuku Hiva, Tahiti, Palau, Fiji and the Solomons).[1] Furthermore it had been recorded from the Mauritius, Seychelles and Réunion.[2] Its distribution is the result of accidental introductions by human travellers but its hostplant remains unknown.

## References

1. ↑ Clarke, J. F. Gates. 1986. "Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1–485. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.416
2. ↑ Bippus, M., 2021. Eine neue Chrysopeleiinae-Art von den Maskarenischen Inseln (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae). - Atalanta 52 (1/2): 162-164, ISSN 0171-0079

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