Melittina

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: Melittina
Species: M. nigra

Name

Melittina Le Cerf, 1917

Type species: Melittina nigra Ferdinand Le Cerf, 1917, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Dalla Torre and Strand 1925: 136 (as a distinct genus)
• Zukowsky 1936: 1248 (as a distinct genus)
• Duckworth and Eichlin 1977: (as a synonym of Melittia)
• Heppner and Duckworth 1981: 26 (as a synonym of Melittia)
• Eichlin and Duckworth 1988: 50 (as a synonym of Melittia)
• Pühringer and Kallies 2004: 15 (as a synonym of Melittia)
• Moreira et al., 2019: 44 stat. rev.

References

Additional references

• Moreira, G.R.P., Gorbunov, O.G., Fochezato, J. & Gonçalves, G.L., 2019 A peculiar new species of gall-inducing, clearwing moth (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae) associated with Cayaponia in the Atlantic Forest. ZooKeys 866: 59-63. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.866.34202 Reference page.