Melanastia bicolor

Melanastia bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Melanastia[1]
Hampson, 1930
Species: M. bicolor
Binomial name
Melanastia bicolor
Hampson, 1930
Synonyms
  • Melanistia Whalley, 1970

Melanastia bicolor is a species of snout moth, and the only species in the genus Melanastia. It was described by Hampson in 1930. It is found in Nigeria[2] and South Africa.[3]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. LepIndex
  3. Afro Moths


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