Malickyella
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| Malickyella | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Genus: | Malickyella Mey & Speidel, 2010[1] |
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Malickyella is a genus of snout moth in the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. The genus was described in 2010 by the German entomologists Wolfram Mey and Wolfgang Speidel based on material from South-East Asia. The four species of the genus are distributed in the lowland forests of the Indomalayan realm, stretching from the Indian state of Assam to the Philippines.[2]
Although the larvae have not been described in detail, the larval food plant for at least one species is known: M. lobophoralis is feeding on Neobalanocarpus heimii, a hardwood tree species in the Dipterocarpaceae family.[3]
The genus was named in honour of Prof. Dr. Hans Malicky, a renowned entomologist and specialist of caddisflies, on the occasion of his 75th birthday.[2]