Melanoptilia

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

Last updated August 13, 2025

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)

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).

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[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).

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