Malickyella iriusalis

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Malickyella iriusalis
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M. iriusalis
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Malickyella iriusalis
(Walker, 1859) [1]

Malickyella iriusalis is a snout moth in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859 in the genus Oligostigma based on material collected on Borneo. [1]

The species was formerly considered as a member of the Eoophyla lobophoralis species group in the Acentropinae, but was transferred to the newly created Spilomelinae genus Malickyella in 2010. [2]

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References

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