Melnea
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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| Genus: | Melnea J.F.G.Clarke, 1986 |
| Species: | M. armigera |
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| Melnea armigera (Meyrick, 1923) | |
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Ascalenia armigera Meyrick, 1923 | |
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