Melittia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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
Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia:Sesiidae
Subfamilia: Sesiinae
Tribus: Melittiini
Genus: Melittia
Species: M. abyssiniensis – M. acosmetes – M. afonini – M. ambo – M. aureosquamata – M. auriplumia – M. aurociliata – M. azrael – M. bella – M. boulleti – M. burmana – M. callosoma – M. chalconota – M. chalybescens – M. chrysobapta – M. congoana – M. cristata – M. cucphuongae – M. distincta – M. distinctoides – M. doddi – M. ectothyris – M. eichlini – M. endoxantha – M. erythrina – M. eurytion – M. faulkneri – M. ferroptera – M. flanneryi – M. formosana – M. fulvipes – M. gephyra – M. gilberti – M. gorochovi – M. haematopis – M. houlberti – M. humerosa – M. hyaloxantha – M. inouei – M. laboissierei – M. laniremis – M. lentistriata – M. lombok – M. luzonica – M. meeki – M. moni – M. necopina – M. nepalensis – M. nepcha – M. newara – M. nilgiriensis – M. oedipus – M. pauper – M. pijiae – M. powelli – M. propria – M. proxima – M. pulchripes – M. pyropis – M. pyroptella – M. romieuxi – M. rufescens – M. rufodorsa – M. rugia – M. rutilipes – M. sangaica – M. sapaensis – M. scoliiformis – M. senohi – M. simonyi – M. smithi – M. sukothai – M. sulphureopyga – M. superba – M. suzukii – M. tabanus – M. taiwanensis – M. tao – M. tayuyana – M. tibialis – M. tigripes – M. tonkinensis – M. uenoi – M. umbrosa – M. usambara – M. xanthodes – M. xanthogaster – M. xanthopus
Name

Melittia Hübner, [1819]

Type species: Melittia anthedoniformis Hübner, 1819 (= Sesia chalciformis Fabricius, 1793) by monotypy.
Synonyms

Eumallopoda Wallengren, 1859
Parasa Wallengren, 1863
Pansa Wallengren, 1865
Premelittia Le Cerf, 1916
Neosphecia Le Cerf, 1916
Melittina Le Cerf, 1917
Poderis Boisduval, [1875]

References

Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL Reference page.
Arita, Y. & Gorbunov, O.G. 1995. A revision of the Melittia types (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) kept in the Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford University, UK. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 46(4): 185–205. Abstract and full article. Reference page.
Arita, Y. & Gorbunov, O.G. 1996: New and unrecorded clearwing moths of the genus Melittia Hubner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Thailand. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 47(3): 157–173. Abstract and full article. Reference page.
Arita, Y. & Gorbunov, O.G., 2000: On the tribe Melittiini (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) of Vietnam. Tinea 16(4): 252–291.
Arita, Y.; Gorbunov, O.G. 2002: Sesiidae of Taiwan. II. The Tribes Osminiini, Melittiini and Sesiini. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 8(2): 199–241. Reference page.
Arita, Y.; Kallies, A. 2000: New and unrecorded clearwing moths of the genus Melittia Hubner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Thailand. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan, 52(1): 51–57. Abstract and full article. Reference page.
Arita, Y. & Yata, N., 1987: Descriptions of two new species of Melittia (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) of Japan. Tinea 12(Suppl.): 158–167.
Duckworth, W.D.; Eichlin, T.D. 1974: Clearwing moths of Australia and New Zealand (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Smithsonian contributions to zoology, 180: 1–45. Full article: [1]
Kallies, Axel, 2001: New records and a revised checklist of the Australian clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 40: 342–348. Abstract: DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6055.2001.00251.
Eichlin, T.D., 1992: Clearwing moths of Baja California, Mexico (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera 3(2): 135–150.
Freina de, J.J., 2007: Eine neue Art der Gattung Melittia Hübner, 1819 aus dem Dhofar, Südoman (Sesiidae: Sesiinae: Melittiini). Nota Lepidopterologica 30 (1): 51—57. Full article: [2].
Friedlander, T.P., 1986: A new Squash Borer from Mexico (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 24 (4): 277–288. Full article: [3].
Gorbunov, O.G. 2014. A new species of the genus Melittia Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from the island of Lombok, Indonesia. Far Eastern Entomologist 284: 13-18. full article (PDF) Reference page.
Gorbunov, O.G. 2015. Contributions to the study of the Ethiopian Lepidoptera. I. The genus Melittia Hübner, 1819 [“1816”] (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4033(4): 543–554. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.4.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Gorbunov, O.G. 2020a. To the morphology and synonymy of insufficiently known Melittia rutilipes Walker, 1865 [“1864”] (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae). Russian Entomological Journal 29(1): 87-92. DOI: 10.15298/rusentj.29.1.12. Open access. Reference page.
Gorbunov, O.G. & Arita, Y., 1996: New and little-known Oriental Melittia Hübner (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae), from the collection of Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 103(2): 323–338.
Gorbunov, O.G. & Arita, Y., 1999: New taxa of the clearwing moths (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Nepal. Tinea 16(2): 106–143.
Gorbunov, O.G.; Arita, Y. 1999: Three new taxa of the genus Melittia Hubner, [1819] (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from India. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 50(3): 193–208. Abstract and full article. Reference page.
Kallies, A. & Arita, Y., 1998: New and little known clearwing moths (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from the Philippine Islands. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 49(4): 245–270. Abstract and full article: [4].
Kallies, A. & Arita, Y. 2003.A note on the genus Melittia Hiibner from New Guinea, with the description of a new species, Melittia propria sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae). Tinea 17(4): 173–175. Reference page.
Kallies, A. & Arita, Y., 2004: New Taxa and Records of Clearwing Moths of the Tribe Melittiini (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) from Vietnam. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 10(2): 193–209.
Liang, J-Y. & Hsu, Y-F. 2017. Two new species of clearwing moths (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4299(3): 415–422. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4299.3.7. Reference page.

Links

Checklist of the Sesiidae of the world [5]

Vernacular names
日本語: モモブトスカシバ属

Melittia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Species

Melittia abyssiniensis Hampson, 1919
Melittia acosmetes Hampson, 1919
Melittia afonini Gorbunov & Arita, 1999
Melittia amboinensis Felder, 1861
Melittia arcangelii Giacomelli, 1911
Melittia astarte (Westwood, 1848)
Melittia auriplumia Hampson, 1910
Melittia aureosquamata (Wallengren, 1863)
Melittia aurociliata (Aurivillius, 1879)
Melittia azrael Le Cerf, 1914
Melittia bella Arita & Gorbunov, 1996
Melittia bergii Edwards, 1883
Melittia binghami Niceville, 1900
Melittia bombyliformis Cramer, 1782
Melittia boulleti Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia brabanti Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia burmana Le Cerf, 1916b
Melittia butleri Druce, 1883
Melittia calabaza Duckworth & Eichlin, 1973
Melittia callosoma Hampson, 1919
Melittia celebica Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia chalconota Hampson, 1910
Melittia chalybescens Miskin, 1892
Melittia chrysobapta Hampson, 1919
Melittia chrysogaster Walker, [1865]
Melittia chimana Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia combusta (Le Cerf, 1916)
Melittia congoana Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia congruens Swinhoe, 1890
Melittia cristata Arita & Gorbunov, 2002
Melittia cucphuongae Arita & Gorbunov, 2000
Melittia cucurbitae (Harris, 1828)
Melittia cyaneifera Walker, 1856
Melittia dichroipus Hampson, 1919
Melittia distincta Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia distinctoides Arita & Gorbunov, 2000
Melittia doddi Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia ectothyris Hampson, 1919
Melittia eichlini Friedlander, 1986
Melittia endoxantha Hampson, 1919
Melittia erythrina Diakonoff, 1954
Melittia eurytion (Westwood, 1848)
Melittia faulkneri Eichlin, 1992
Melittia ferroptera Kallies & Arita, 1998
Melittia flaviventris Hampson, 1919
Melittia formosana Matsumura, 1911
Melittia formosana formosana Matsumura, 1911
Melittia formosana nagaii Arita & Gorbunov, 1997
Melittia fulvipes Kallies & Arita, 2004
Melittia funesta Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia gephyra Gaede, 1933
Melittia gigantea Moore, 1879
Melittia gilberti Eichlin, 1992
Melittia gloriosa Edwards, 1880
Melittia gorochovi Gorbunov, 1988a
Melittia grandis (Strecker, 1881)
Melittia haematopis Fawcett, 1916
Melittia hampsoni Beutenmüller, 1894
Melittia hervei Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia houlberti Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia hyaloxantha Meyrick, 1928
Melittia imperator Rothschild, 1911
Melittia inouei Arita & Yata, 1987
Melittia indica Butler, 1874
Melittia javana Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia josepha Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia khmer Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia kulluana Moore, 1888
Melittia laboissierei Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia lagopus Boisduval, [1875]
Melittia laniremis (Wallengren, 1859)
Melittia latimargo Butler, 1874
Melittia lentistriata Hampson, 1919
Melittia leucogaster Hampson, 1919
Melittia louisa Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia luzonica Gorbunov & Arita, 1996
Melittia madureae Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia magnifica Beutenmüller, 1900
Melittia meeki Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia moluccaensis Hampson, 1919
Melittia moni de Freina, 2007
Melittia necopina Kallies & Arita, 2004
Melittia nepalensis Gorbunov & Arita, 1999
Melittia nepcha Moore, 1879
Melittia newara Moore, 1879
Melittia nigra (Le Cerf, 1917)
Melittia nilgiriensis Gorbunov & Arita, 1999b
Melittia notabilis Swinhoe, 1890
Melittia oberthueri Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878
Melittia pauper Le Cerf, 1916b
Melittia pellecta Swinhoe, 1890
Melittia pijiae Arita & Kallies, 2000
Melittia phorcus (Westwood, 1848)
Melittia propria Kallies & Arita, 2003
Melittia proxima Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia powelli Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia pulchripes Walker, 1856
Melittia pulchripes pulchripes Walker, 1856
Melittia pulchripes dangeloi Köhler, 1941
Melittia pyropis Hampson, 1919
Melittia romieuxi Gorbunov & Arita, 1996
Melittia rufescens (Le Cerf, 1916)
Melittia rufodorsa Hampson, 1910a
Melittia rugia Druce, 1910
Melittia rutilipes Walker, [1865]
Melittia sangaica Moore, 1877
Melittia sangaica sangaica Moore, 1877
Melittia sangaica nipponica Arita & Yata, 1987
Melittia scoliiformis Schade, 1938
Melittia senohi Arita & Gorbunov, 2000
Melittia siamica Walker, [1865]
Melittia simonyi Rebel, 1899
Melittia smithi Druce, 1889
Melittia snowii Edwards, 1882
Melittia staudingeri Boisduval, [1875]
Melittia strigipennis Walker, [1865]
Melittia sukothai Arita & Gorbunov, 1996
Melittia sulphureopyga Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia sumatrana Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia superba Rothschild, 1909
Melittia suzukii Gorbunov & Arita, 1999
Melittia tabanus Le Cerf, 1916b
Melittia taiwanensis Arita & Gorbunov, 2002
Melittia tayuyana Bruch, 1941
Melittia tigripes Diakonoff, 1954
Melittia tibialis (Drury, 1773)
Melittia uenoi Arita & Gorbunov, 2000
Melittia umbrosa Zukowsky, 1936
Melittia usambara Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia volatilis Swinhoe, 1890
Melittia xanthodes Diakonoff, 1954
Melittia xanthogaster Hampson, 1919
Melittia xanthopus Le Cerf, 1916

References

Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine