Melisoides

Melisoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Melisoides
Strand, 1912
Species: M. lobata
Binomial name
Melisoides lobata
Strand, 1912
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Collartisa Kiriakoff, 1953

Species:

  • Paramelisa bitjeana Bethune-Baker, 1927
  • Collartisa collartorum Kiriakoff, 1953

Melisoides is a genus of moth in the family Arctiidae. It contains only one species, Melisoides lobata, which is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 43 mm for males and 47 mm for females. Both wings are lustrous deep bronzy purple, extending to a slight extent to the head and thorax.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Afro Moths
  2. ↑ Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334
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