Melaleucia
Genus of moths
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Melaleucia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1900.
| Melaleucia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subtribe: | Belluliina |
| Genus: | Melaleucia Hampson, 1900 |
Species
- Subgenus Melaleucia Hampson, 1900
- Melaleucia uparta Fibiger, 2008
- Melaleucia tertia Fibiger, 2008
- Melaleucia obliquifasciata (Hampson, 1896)
- Subgenus Contrasta Fibiger, 2008
- Melaleucia leucomera (Hampson, 1926)
References
- Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136.