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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Clearwing Moths (Sesioidea) » Clearwing Moths (Sesiidae) » Sesiinae » Melittiini

Tribe Melittiini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names
SVB - Melittia cucurbitae Melittia snowii found in garden - Melittia grandis Melittia snowii Not sure of the moth... was thinking a hummingbird moth but the thick hairy legs and colour and ... are wrong. Sphinx........... - Melittia cucurbitae Unknown in VT? - Melittia cucurbitae Melittia cucurbitae - Melittia cucurbitae Brush-winged, 2-horned mandible, and purple antennae - Melittia cucurbitae
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Sesioidea (Clearwing Moths)
Family Sesiidae (Clearwing Moths)
Subfamily Sesiinae
Tribe Melittiini
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Melittiini Le Cerf, 1917
Explanation of Names
Derived from genus Melittia Hübner.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 March, 2006 - 2:11pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 18 June, 2013 - 5:34pm

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