Merulempista oppositalis

Merulempista oppositalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Merulempista. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from the Asian to Australian regions.[1]

Merulempista oppositalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Merulempista
Species:
M. oppositalis
Binomial name
Merulempista oppositalis
(Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Trachonitis oppositalis Walker, 1863
  • Faveria oppositalis
  • Pempelia caliginosella Meyrick, 1879

References

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  1. ^ Ren, Yingdang; Liu, Shurong; Li, Houhun (2011). "Review of the genus Merulempista Roesler, 1967 (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) from China, with description of two new species". ZooKeys (77): 65–75. doi:10.3897/zookeys.77.938. PMC 3088055. PMID 21594152.