''Melanothrix latevittata'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family

Eupterotidae Eupterotidae is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) or lepidopterans is an order (biology), order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, ...

. It was described by

Karl Grünberg Karl Grünberg may refer to: * Karl Grünberg (entomologist), German entomologist * Karl Grünberg (otologist), German otorhinolaryngologist * Karl Grünberg (writer), German communist writer and journalist See also * Carl Grünberg Carl Grü ...

in 1914. It is found on

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. The habitat consists of upper montane forests.

References

Moths described in 1914 Eupterotinae {{Bombycoidea-stub