Melochrysis

Melochrysis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Melochrysis
Meyrick, 1916
Species: M. heliaca
Binomial name
Melochrysis heliaca
Meyrick, 1916

Melochrysis heliaca is a moth of the Oecophoridae family and only species in the Melochrysis genus. It is found in Guyana.[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm for males and 16-17 mm for females. The forewings are deep ochreous-orange and the hindwings are whitish-orange-ochreous.[2]

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