Melathrix praetextella
| Melathrix praetextella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Melathrix[1] Ragonot, 1893 |
| Species: | M. praetextella |
| Binomial name | |
| Melathrix praetextella (Christoph, 1877) | |
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Melathrix praetextella is a species of snout moths, and the only species in the genus Melathrix. It was described by Christoph in 1877, originally under the genus Pempelia, but was subsequently moved to Melathrix by Ragonot in 1893. It is known from Turkmenistan (including Krasnowodsk, the type location).
References
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.