Paramelisa bitjeana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

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 Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Syntomini
Genus: Paramelisa
Species: Paramelisa bitjeana

Name

Paramelisa bitjeana Bethune-Baker, 1927

Type locality: Cameroon, Bitye, Ja River, 2000 ft, 3º42’N 13º33’W

Lectotype: BMNH, male ♂. legit G.L. Bates..

• Status:   invalid   CURRENT STATUS Melisoides lobata

References

Primary references

• Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20: 321–334. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Przybylowicz, L. & Dall'Asta, U. 2003. Redescription of the genus Melisoides Strand, 1912 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) with notes on its synonymy. Acta zoologica cracoviensia 46(4): 347-353. full article (PDF). Reference page.