Melaleucia obliquifasciata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1896. It is known from south-central Sri Lanka.
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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. obliquifasciata
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| Binomial name | |
| Melaleucia obliquifasciata Hampson, 1896
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There are probably multiple generations per year, with adults recorded in all months except January, February, October and December.
The wingspan is 12–15 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.