Melisa diptera

Last updated

Melisa diptera
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Melisa
Species:
M. diptera
Binomial name
Melisa diptera
(Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Euchromia dipteraWalker, 1854
  • Melisa grandisHolland, 1893

Melisa diptera is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria. [1]

Related Research Articles

Gracillariidae Family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species

Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.

<i>Cyana</i>

Cyana is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.

Melisa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.

Siccia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.

<i>Parotis</i> Genus of moths

Parotis is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.

<i>Massaga</i>

Massaga is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.

Anapisa connexa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found on Bioko, 32 km off the west coast of Africa.

<i>Terina</i> (moth)

Terina is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae erected by Francis Walker in 1854.

Pitthea continua is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Francis Walker in 1854.

Cyana delicata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Sierra Leone and Togo.

Cyana rejecta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Gambia and Uganda.

Cyana trigutta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Cameroon, Niger and Sierra Leone.

Macrosia fumeola is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Eritrea, Lesotho, South Africa and Tanzania.

Melisa croceipes is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1892 and is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Ghana.

Melisa hancocki is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1936. It is found in Uganda.

Amata simplex is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Africa.

Secusio strigata is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia and India.

Siccia caffra is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in South Africa.

Ceryx fulvescens is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Syntomini

The Syntomini are a tribe of moths in the family Erebidae. The tribe was erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1846.

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Melisa diptera (Walker, 1854)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 29, 2018.