Melittia afonini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cossoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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: Melittia afonini
Subspecies: M. a. afonini – M. a. tonkinensis

Name

Melittia afonini Gorbunov & Arita, 1999

Type locality: India, NE India, Assam, Nameri National Park, 60 km N of Tezpur, 150 m., 27º20'N, 93º15'E.

Holotype: Coll. Gorbunov. male ♂. genitalia slide GA no. 179. 24.VII.-2.VIII.1997. leg. Y. Afonin & V. Siniaev.

References

• 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.