Mapeta xanthomelas

Mapeta xanthomelas is a species of snout moth and the type species in the genus Mapeta.^[1] It was described by Francis Walker in 1863 and is known from Jamaica and Mexico to Venezuela.

Mapeta xanthomelas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Mapeta
Species:	M. xanthomelas
Binomial name
Mapeta xanthomelas Walker, 1863
Synonyms
Homalochroa aestivalis Lederer, 1863 Pyralopsis divisa Boisduval, 1870