Biology:Melanastia
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Short description: Genus of moths
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
| Genus: | Melanastia Hampson, 1930 |
| Species: | M. bicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanastia bicolor Hampson, 1930
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Melanastia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Hampson in 1930. Its only species, Melanastia bicolor, described in the same article,[1] is found in Nigeria[2] and South Africa .[3]
References
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Melanastia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=11356.
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Melanastia bicolor Hampson, 1930". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/MELABICO. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
Wikidata ☰ Q13769479 entry
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