Melisoides

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: Melisoides
Species: Melisoides lobata
Name

Melisoides lobata Strand, 1912

Type locality: Equatorial Guinea.

Holotype: MNHU, female ♀. 16-31.X.1906. G.Tessmann.
Synonyms

Paramelisa bitjeana Bethune-Baker, 1927 (synonymized by Przybylowicz & Dall'Asta, 2003: 348)
Collartisa collartorum Kiriakoff, 1953 (synonymized by Przybylowicz & Dall'Asta, 2003: 348)

References
Primary references

Strand, E. 1912. Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition des Herrn G. Tessmann nach Süd-Kamerun und Spanisch Guinea. 1. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A) 78(6): 139-197. Reference page.

Additional references

Przybylowicz, L. & Dall'Asta, U. 2003. Redescription of the genus Melisoides Strand, 1912 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) with notes on its synonymy. Acta zoologica cracoviensia 46(4): 347-353. full article (PDF). Reference page.

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.[1]

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.[2]
References

De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Melisoides lobata Strand, 1912". Afromoths. Retrieved December 19, 2017.

Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334

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External links

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog