Neomelanesthes

Neomelanesthes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Neomelanesthes Özdikmen, 2008
Synonyms
Melanesthes Diakonoff, 1954 (preocc. Dejean, 1834)

Neomelanesthes is a genus of moths in the family Cosmopterigidae.

Species

• Neomelanesthes atopa (Bradley, 1959)
• Neomelanesthes disema (Diakonoff, 1954)

Etymology

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: .

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