- Melnea
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Melnea Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Cosmopterigidae Subfamily: incertae sedis Genus: Melnea
J.F.G.Clarke, 1986Species: M. armigera Binomial name Melnea armigera
(Meyrick, 1923)Synonyms Ascalenia armigera Meyrick, 1923
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 accidential introductions by human travellers is unknown.
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