Melanastia

Melanastia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Hampson in 1930. Its only species, Melanastia bicolor, described in the same article,[1] is found in Nigeria[2] and South Africa.[3]

Melanastia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Melanastia

Hampson, 1930
Species:
M. bicolor
Binomial name
Melanastia bicolor
Hampson, 1930
Synonyms
  • Melanistia Whalley, 1970

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.


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