Ascalenia armigera

Ascalenia armigera

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae

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).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Ascalenia armigera

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