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Melisa croceipes

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Melisa croceipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Melisa
Species:
M. croceipes
Binomial name
Melisa croceipes
(Aurivillius, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Balacra croceipes Aurivillius, 1892
  • Melisa atavistis Hampson, 1911
  • Melisa atavistis f. mariae Dufrane, 1945

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.[1]

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Melisa croceipes (Aurivillius, 1892)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.