Melathrix is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1893. Its only species, Melathrix praetextella, was described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1877,[1] originally under the genus Pempelia, but was subsequently moved to Melathrix by Ragonot. It is known from Turkmenistan (including Krasnowodsk, the type location).
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| Genus: | Melathrix Ragonot, 1893
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| Species: | M. praetextella
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| Melathrix praetextella (Christoph, 1877)
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References
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