| Higher taxa: | Elachistidae (family)/ Ethmiinae (subfamily)/ Melanoleuca (genus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Ethmia |
| Authorship: | Stephens, 1829 |
| Citation: | Melanoleuca mihi |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Phalaena pusiella Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturae (Edn 10) 1: 534. By subsequent designation by Fletcher, 1929. Memoirs of the Department of Agiculture in India (Entomology) 11: 135. |
| Publication: | Stephens J. F. 1829a. The nomenclature of British Insects; being a compendious list of such species as are contained in the systematic catalogue of British insects, and forming a guide to their classification. |
| Journal: | — |
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| Pagination: | 49 |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35749696 |