Meliaba

Meliaba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Calpinae
Genus:	Meliaba Walker, 1859
Species:	M. pelopsalis
Binomial name
Meliaba pelopsalis Walker, 1859
Synonyms
Generic IchthyopselaphaAurivillius, 1910 Specific Meliaba insignis(Aurivillius, 1910)

Meliaba is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Meliaba pelopsalis, is known from South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. ^[1] Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1859. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Meliaba pelopsalis Walker, 1859". Afromoths. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Meliaba​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved January 6, 2020.
3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Meliaba Walker, 1859". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved January 6, 2020.