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Checklist for Genus Melittia Hübner, 1819 (Wasp Moth)
and region Ecozones


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
814
32230
411245
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
809
32201
411191
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
776
31720
407430
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
508
27640
383593
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
96
7683
48835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
95
7674
48802
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
91
7655
48666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Tineina
Stainton, 1857
45
2657
14775
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Sesiina
Heppner, 1995
12
400
2453
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Sesioidea
Common, 1974
Clearwings
2
164
1555
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilySesiidae
Boisduval, 1828
Clear Wings, Clear-winged moths, Clearwing Moths
162
1553
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySesiinae
Boisduval, 1828
Sesiines
104
1171
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeMelittiini
Le Cerf, 1917
11
191
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
GenusMelittia
Hübner, 1819
Wasp Moth
114Species 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ecozones
1 Genera with 114 Species
Melittia Hübner, 1916Wasp Moth118SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecozones
114 Species and 4 Subspecies
Melittia abyssiniensis Hampson, 1919
Melittia acosmetes Hampson, 1919
Melittia afonini Gorbunov & A..., 1999
Melittia amboinensis (Felder, 1861)⇒ Melittia doddi Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia arcangelii Giacomelli, 1911
Melittia astarte Westwood, 1848
Melittia aureosquamata Wallengren, 1863
Melittia auriplumia Hampson, 1910
Melittia aurociliata Aurivillius, 1879
Melittia azrael Le Cerf, 1914
Melittia bella Arita & Gorb..., 1996
Melittia bergii Edwards, 1883
Melittia binghamii Nicéville, 1900
Melittia boulleti Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia brabanti Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia burmana (Le Cerf, 1916)⇒ Melittia binghami de Nicéville, 1900
Melittia butleri Druce, 1883
Melittia calabaza Duckworth & ..., 1973Southwestern squash vine borer
Melittia callosoma Hampson, 1919
Melittia celebica (Le Cerf, 1916)⇒ Melittia doddi Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia chalciformis Fabricius, 1793
Melittia chalconota Hampson, 1910
Melittia chimana Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia chrysobapta Hampson, 1919
Melittia chrysogaster Walker, 1865
Melittia congoana (Le Cerf, 1916)⇒ Melittia chalconota Hampson, 1910
Melittia congruens Swinhoe, 1890
Melittia cristata Arita & Gorb..., 2002
Melittia cucphuongae Arita & Gorb..., 2000
Melittia cucurbitae Harris, 1828Squash vine borer
Melittia cyaneifera Walker, 1856
Melittia dichroipus Hampson, 1919
Melittia distincta Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia distinctoides Arita & Gorb..., 2000
Melittia ectothyris Hampson, 1919
Melittia endoxantha Hampson, 1919
Melittia eurytion (Westwood, 1848)⇒ Melittia japona Hampson, 1919
Melittia eurytion eurytion
Melittia eurytion formosana Matsumura, 1911
Melittia ferroptera Kallies & Arita, 1998
Melittia flaviventris Hampson, 1919
Melittia fulvipes Kallies & Arita, 2004
Melittia funesta Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia gigantea Moore, 1879
Melittia gloriosa Edwards, 1880Glorious Squash Vine Borer
Melittia gorochovi Gorbunov, 1988
Melittia grande Strecker, 1881
Melittia haematopis Fawcett, 1916
Melittia hampsoni Beutenmüller, 1894
Melittia hervei Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia houlberti (Le Cerf, 1917)⇒ Melittia aureosquamata Wallengren, 1863
Melittia hyaloxantha Meyrick, 1928
Melittia ignidiscata (Oberthür, 1878)⇒ Melittia snowii Edwards, 1882
Melittia imperator Rothschild, 1911
Melittia indica (Butler, 1874)⇒ Melittia staudingeri Boisduval, 1875
Melittia inouei Arita & Yata, 1987
Melittia javana (Le Cerf, 1916)⇒ Melittia doddi Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia josepha Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia kulluana Moore, 1888
Melittia laboissierei (Le Cerf, 1917)⇒ Melittia auriplumia Hampson, 1910
Melittia lagopus Boisduval, 1875
Melittia laniremis Wallengren, 1859
Melittia latimargo Butler, 1874
Melittia lentistriata Hampson, 1919
Melittia leucogaster Hampson, 1919
Melittia lombok Gorbunov, 2014
Melittia louisa Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia luzonica Gorbunov & A..., 1996
Melittia madureae Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia magnifica Beutenmüller, 1900
Melittia moni de Freina, 2007
Melittia necopina Kallies & Arita, 2004
Melittia nepalensis Gorbunov & A..., 1999
Melittia nepcha Moore, 1879
Melittia newara Moore, 1879
Melittia nilgiriensis Gorbunov & A..., 1999
Melittia notabilis Swinhoe, 1890
Melittia oberthueri Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia oedipus Oberthür, 1878African Vine Borer
Melittia pauper Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia pellecta Swinhoe, 1890
Melittia phorcus Westwood, 1848
Melittia pijiae Arita & Kallies, 2000
Melittia powelli Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia proxima Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia pyropis Hampson, 1919
Melittia romieuxi Gorbunov & A..., 1996
Melittia rufodorsa Hampson, 1910
Melittia rugia Druce, 1910
Melittia rutilipes Walker, 1865
Melittia sangaica Moore, 1877
Melittia sangaica nipponica Arita & Yata, 1987
Melittia sangaica sangaica Moore, 1877
Melittia scoliiformis Schade, 1938
Melittia senohi Arita & Gorb..., 2000
Melittia siamica Walker, 1865
Melittia simonyi Rebel, 1899
Melittia smithi Druce, 1889
Melittia snowii Edwards, 1882Clearwing Borer Moth
Melittia staudingeri Boisduval, 1875
Melittia strigipennis Walker, 1865
Melittia sukothai Arita & Gorb..., 1996
Melittia sulphureopyga Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia sumatrana (Le Cerf, 1916)⇒ Melittia siamica Walker, 1865
Melittia superba (Rothschild, 1909)⇒ Melittia hyaloxantha Meyrick, 1928
Melittia suzukii Gorbunov & A..., 1999
Melittia tabanus Le Cerf, 1916
Melittia taiwanensis Arita & Gorb..., 2002
Melittia tao Liang & Hsu, 2017
Melittia tayuyana Bruch, 1941
Melittia thoracalis (Oberthür, 1878)⇒ Melittia snowii Edwards, 1882
Melittia tibialis Drury, 1773
Melittia uenoi Arita & Gorb..., 2000
Melittia umbrosa Zukowsky, 1936
Melittia usambara Le Cerf, 1917
Melittia volatilis Swinhoe, 1890
Melittia xanthogaster Hampson, 1919
Melittia xanthopus Le Cerf, 1916


Links, sources and further information
Melittia at afromoths.net
Melittia at gbif.org
Melittia at irmng.org