Melittosesia

Melittosesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Sesiidae
Tribe:	Sesiini
Genus:	Melittosesia; Bartsch, 2009[1]
Species:	M. flavitarsa
Binomial name
	Melittosesia flavitarsa; Bartsch, 2009
Species
	See text

Melittosesia is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae from Madagascar.

This is a monotypic genus that only contains the species Melittosesia flavitarsa Bartsch, 2009 that was found in eastern Madagascar near Moramanga and Andasibe in mountainous primary forests. This species has a wingspan of 24–29 mm and a body length of 13–16 mm.[2]

References

Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
Bartsch D., 2009. Melittosesia, a new genus of clearwing moths with a review of the Sesiini Boisduval, 1828 in Madagascar (Lep.:Sesiidae). - Entomologische Zeitschrift 119 (1): 9-12, 3 pl.

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[1] Checklist of the Sesiidae of the World Archived 2012-03-26 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Bartsch D., 2009. Melittosesia, a new genus of clearwing moths with a review of the Sesiini Boisduval, 1828 in Madagascar (Lep.:Sesiidae). - Entomologische Zeitschrift 119 (1): 9-12, 3 pl.