Melitara texana is a species of snout moth in the genus Melitara. It was described by Herbert H. Neunzig in 1997 and is found in southern Texas and adjacent Mexico.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Melitara |
| Species: | M. texana
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| Binomial name | |
| Melitara texana Neunzig, 1997[1]
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The larvae feed on Opuntia lindheimeri var. lindheimeri.[2]
References
edit- ^ "800593.00 – 5971.2 – Melitara texana – Neunzig, 1997". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
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