Melaleucia leucomera
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Melaleucia |
| Species: | M. leucomera
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| Binomial name | |
| Melaleucia leucomera (Hampson, 1926)
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Melaleucia leucomera is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1926. It is known from south-central Sri Lanka.
There are probably multiple generations per year, with adults recorded in April, May, June, August and September.
The wingspan is 15–16 mm.
References
[edit]- Fibiger, Michael (2008). "Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 2, Taxonomy of the Belluliinae, Magninae and Parachrostiinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1867: 1–136. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1867.1.1.