Melnea

Melnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: 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, though to what extent its current distribution is the result of accidental introductions by human travellers is unknown.

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