Melanoptilia Explained

Melanoptilia is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae described by Cees Gielis in 2006. All described species come from Latin America.^[1]

Species

• Melanoptilia arsenica (Meyrick, 1921)
• Melanoptilia nigra Gielis, 2006
• Melanoptilia chalcogastra (Meyrick, 1921)
• Melanoptilia haemogastra (Meyrick, 1926)

Notes and References

1. Gielis . C. . 2006 . Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera) . Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden . 80-2 . 1.