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Plume moth genus

Melanoptilia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Subfamily:	Pterophorinae
Genus:	Melanoptilia Gielis, 2006

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

Species

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

References

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).

Taxon identifiers
Melanoptilia	Wikidata: Q19627649 Wikispecies: Melanoptilia CoL: 5NJB GBIF: 9510587 IRMNG: 1475025

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