Melisa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Cladus: Macroheterocera
Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Syntomini
Genus: Melisa
Species: M. atavistis – M. croceipes – M. diptera – M. grandis – M. hancocki – M. mariae
Name
Melisa Walker, 1854

Melisa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.[1]
Species

Melisa croceipes (Aurivillius, 1892)
Melisa diptera Walker, 1854
Melisa hancocki Jordan, 1936

References

Savela, Markku (October 20, 2015). "Melisa Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 31, 2019.

External links
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.