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(Redirected from Melisoides lobata) Genus of moths

Melisoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
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 moths in the family Erebidae. It contains only one species, Melisoides lobata, which is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea.

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.

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Melisoides lobata Strand, 1912". Afromoths. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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Taxon identifiers
Melisoides lobata


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