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| Melisa diptera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Melisa |
| Species: | M. diptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Melisa diptera (Walker, 1854) | |
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Melisa diptera is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Melisa diptera (Walker, 1854)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.