Neomelanesthes
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Genus: | Neomelanesthes Özdikmen, 2008
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Neomelanesthes is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.
Species
[edit]- Neomelanesthes atopa (Bradley, 1959)
- Neomelanesthes disema (Diakonoff, 1954)
Etymology
[edit]The genus name refers to the preexisting genus name Melanesthes in the family Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera).
References
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- Özdikmen, H., 2008: Replacement names for some preoccupied Macro- and Microlepidopteran genera (Lepidoptera). Munis Entomology & Zoology 3 (1): 185-190. Full article: [1].