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Mapeta xanthomelas

Mapeta xanthomelas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Mapeta
Species: M. xanthomelas
Binomial name
Mapeta xanthomelas
Walker, 1863
Synonyms
  • Homalochroa aestivalis Lederer, 1863
  • Pyralopsis divisa Boisduval, 1870

Mapeta xanthomelas is a species of snout moth, and the type species in the genus Mapeta. It was described by Walker in 1863, and is known from Guatemala and Venezuela.



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