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).

Melathrix
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Melathrix

Ragonot, 1893
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M. praetextella
Binomial name
Melathrix praetextella
(Christoph, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Pempelia praetextella Christoph, 1877

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.