| Higher taxa: |
Gelechiidae (family)/
Anomologinae (subfamily)/
Pexicopiini (tribe)/
Melitoxestis (genus)/
|
| Status: | Synonym
, the accepted name is Asapharcha
|
| Authorship: | Meyrick, 1921 |
| Citation: | Melitoxestis n. g. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Melitoxestis centrotypa Meyrick, 1921. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2): 76. By monotypy. Synonymized with Asapharcha by O. V. Bidzilya et al. (2024: 549). |
| Publication: | Meyrick E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. |
| Journal: | Annals of the Transvaal Museum |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pagination: | 75–76 |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50414596 |