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Malickyella
Malickyella is a genus of snout moth in the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. The genus was described in 2010 by the German entomologists Wolfram Mey and Wolfgang Speidel based on material from South-East Asia. The four species of the genus are distributed in the lowland forests of the Indomalayan realm, stretching from the Indian state of Assam to the Philippines. Although the larvae have not been described in detail, the larval food plant for at least one species is known: M. lobophoralis is feeding on Neobalanocarpus heimii, a hardwood tree species in the Dipterocarpaceae family. The genus was named in honour of Prof. Dr. Hans Malicky, a renowned entomologist and specialist of caddisflies, on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
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Malickyella is a genus of snout moth in the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. The genus was described in 2010 by the German entomologists Wolfram Mey and Wolfgang Speidel based on material from South-East Asia. The four species of the genus are distributed in the lowland forests of the Indomalayan realm, stretching from the Indian state of Assam to the Philippines. Although the larvae have not been described in detail, the larval food plant for at least one species is known: M. lobophoralis is feeding on Neobalanocarpus heimii, a hardwood tree species in the Dipterocarpaceae family. The genus was named in honour of Prof. Dr. Hans Malicky, a renowned entomologist and specialist of caddisflies, on the occasion of his 75th birthday.
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