Melisa croceipes

Melisa croceipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Melisa
Species: M. croceipes
Binomial name
Melisa croceipes
(Aurivillius, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Balacra croceipes Aurivillius, 1892
  • Melisa atavistis Hampson, 1911
  • Melisa atavistis f. mariae Dufrane, 1945

Melisa croceipes is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It was described by Aurivillius in 1892. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Ghana.[1]

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