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Checklist for Tribe Melittiini Le Cerf, 1917
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
 


Genera for Ecozones
11 Genera with 191 Species
Afromelittia Gorbunov & A..., 19174SpeciesTaxom
Agriomelissa Meyrick, 19167SpeciesTaxom
Cephalomelittia Gorbunov & A..., 19951SpeciesTaxom
Desmopoda Felder, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Leuthneria Dalla Torre, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Macroscelesia Hampson, 201615SpeciesTaxom
Melittia Hübner, 1916Wasp Moth118SpeciesTaxom
Melittina Le Cerf, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Neosphecia Le Cerf, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Parasa Moore, 194146SpeciesTaxom
Premelittia Le Cerf, 19161SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ecozones
191 Species and 6 Subspecies
Afromelittia aenescens Butler, 1896
Afromelittia iridisquama Mabille, 1890
Afromelittia natalensis Butler, 1874
Afromelittia occidentalis Le Cerf, 1917
Agriomelissa aethiopica Le Cerf, 1917
Agriomelissa amblyphaea Hampson, 1919
Agriomelissa brevicornis Aurivillius, 1905
Agriomelissa gypsospora Meyrick, 1931
Agriomelissa malagasy Viette, 1982
Agriomelissa ursipes Walker, 1856
Agriomelissa victrix Le Cerf, 1916
Cephalomelittia tabaniformis Gorbunov & A..., 1995
Desmopoda bombiformis Felder, 1874
Leuthneria ruficincta Felder, 1874
Macroscelesia amamiana Arita & Yata, 2016
Macroscelesia aritai Kallies & Ga..., 2001
Macroscelesia diaphana Gorbunov & A..., 1995
Macroscelesia elaea Hampson, 1919
Macroscelesia formosana Arita & Gorb..., 2002
Macroscelesia japona Hampson, 1919
Macroscelesia longipes F. Moore, 1877
Macroscelesia longipes longipes Moore, 1877
Macroscelesia longipes yamatoensis Arita, 1992
Macroscelesia okinawana Arita & Kimura, 2016
Macroscelesia owadai Arita & Gorb..., 2000
Macroscelesia perlucida Kallies & Arita, 2016
Macroscelesia sapaensis Kallies & Arita, 2004
Macroscelesia vietnamica Arita & Gorb..., 2000
Macroscelesia yaeyamana Arita & Nagase, 2016
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
Melittina nigra Le Cerf, 1917
Neosphecia cecidogena Moreira & Go..., 2019
Neosphecia combusta Le Cerf, 1916
Parasa affinis Mabille, 1890
Parasa ananii Karsch, 1896
Parasa andrefana Viette, 1980
Parasa angusta Hering, 1941
Parasa ankalirano Viette, 1980
Parasa cambouei Mabille, 1890
Parasa carnapi Karsch, 1899
Parasa catori Bethune-Baker, 1911
Parasa chapmani Kirby, 1892
Parasa charopa Bethune-Baker, 1909
Parasa chloris Herrich-Schä..., 1854Rose leaf caterpillar
Parasa chlorophila Hering, 1935
Parasa concavata Strand, 1913
Parasa cor West, 1940
Parasa costalis West, 1940
Parasa darma Moore, 1859
Parasa dentina Hering, 1932
Parasa divisa West, 1940
Parasa dubiefi Viette, 1975
Parasa dusii Solovyev & S..., 2010
Parasa ebenaui Saalmüller, 1878
Parasa euchlora Karsch, 1895
Parasa fulvicorpus Hampson, 1896
Parasa hexamitobalia Tams, 1930
Parasa imerina Viette, 1980
Parasa indetermina Boisduval, 1832Stinging rose caterpillar
Parasa lanceolata Hering, 1928
Parasa lemuriensis Viette, 1967
Parasa marginata West, 1940
Parasa mesochloris Hampson, 1910
Parasa pallida Möschler, 1887
Parasa parniodes Hering, 1957
Parasa prava Hering, 1938
Parasa princeps (Aurivillius, 1900)⇒ Parasa lorquini Reakirt, 1864
Parasa prussi Karsch, 1896
Parasa reginula Saalmüller, 1884
Parasa semiochracea Hering, 1933
Parasa serratilinea Bethune-Baker, 1911
Parasa singularis Butler, 1878
Parasa tamara Hering, 1928
Parasa trapezoidea Aurivillius, 1900
Parasa tripartita Bethune-Baker, 1911
Parasa valida (Butler, 1879)⇒ Parasa laeta Westwood, 1848
Parasa villosipes Strand, 1911
Parasa viridissima Holland, 1893
Parasa zernyi Hering, 1941
Premelittia rufescens Le Cerf, 1916


Links, sources and further information
Melittiini at afromoths.net
Melittiini at itis.gov