Melastrota nigrisquamata
| Melastrota nigrisquamata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Arctiidae |
| Genus: | Melastrota |
| Species: | M. nigrisquamata |
| Binomial name | |
| Melastrota nigrisquamata (Swinhoe, 1901) | |
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Melastrota nigrisquamata is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Swinhoe in 1901. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.
The forewings are brown with yellow patches at the apex, on the costa and at the base of the wing.[2]
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