Mellamastus

Mellamastus nero
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Phaegopterina
Genus: Mellamastus
Rego Barros, 1959
Species: M. nero
Binomial name
Mellamastus nero
(Weymer, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Amastus nero Weymer, 1907
  • Halisidota nero

Mellamastus is a genus of arctiine tussock moths in the Erebidae family. The genus contains only one species Mellamastus nero, which is found in Brazil.[1]

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