''Malickyella'' is a genus of Pyraloidea, 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: ''Malickyella lobophoralis, 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 entomology, entomologist and specialist of caddisfly, caddisflies, on the occasion of his 75th birthday.

Species

''Malickyella'' currently comprises the following four species: *''Malickyella brunnea'' Mey & Speidel, 2010 *''Malickyella iriusalis'' (Walker, 1859) *''Malickyella lobophoralis'' (Hampson, 1896) (type species) *''Malickyella tigridalis'' (Hampson, 1897)

Systematics

The genus was created for the species of the ''Eoophyla lobophoralis'' species group, which was found to be misplaced in ''Eoophyla'' and in the Acentropinae subfamily altogether. The sister group of ''Malickyella'' is not known as of yet, but the species of ''Malickyella'' resemble the Musotiminae species ''Ambia albomaculalis'' and ''Musotima decoralis'', which, however, might be misplaced in their respective genera. The genus is also currently not placed in any of the Spilomelinae tribe (biology), tribes.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q85783472 Spilomelinae Crambidae genera