Mnesistega

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Mnesistega
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Subfamily: Gelechiinae
Genus: Mnesistega
Meyrick, 1918

Mnesistega is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. [1]

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