Pseudosphex mellita

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Pseudosphex mellita
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pseudosphex
Species:
P. mellita
Binomial name
Pseudosphex mellita
(Schaus, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Chrysostola mellitaSchaus, 1911
  • Abrochia mellitaSchaus, 1911

Pseudosphex mellita is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Schaus in 1911. It is found in Costa Rica. [1]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Abrochia mellita". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 12, 2018.