''Minooa'' is a

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snout moth genus described by Hiroshi Yamanaka in 1996. Its only species, ''Minooa yamamotoi'', described in the same publication, is known from

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, where it was described from Minoo Park.

References

Moths described in 1996 Pyralinae Moths of Japan Monotypic moth genera Pyralidae genera {{Pyralinae-stub