Melittia rutilipes

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 rutilipes

Name

Melittia rutilipes Walker, 1865: 16

Type locality: Batchian.” [= Indonesia: North Maluku, Bacan Island]

Holotype: OUMNH. female ♀.

Synonyms

• Melittia moluccaensis Hampson, 1919: 89 (synonymized by Gorbunov, 2020: 88)
  • Type locality: Indonesia, Amboina.
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.

References

Additional references

• 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. . Reference page.