Mascelia
Genus of moths
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Mascelia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by George Hampson in 1930. Its only species, Mascelia ectophoea, was described by the same author in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka and in India.[1][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
| Genus: | Mascelia Hampson, 1930 |
| Species: | M. ectophoea |
| Binomial name | |
| Mascelia ectophoea (Hampson, 1908) | |
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This species has a wingspan of 18 mm.[3]
