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

Tribe Melittiini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names
Squash Vine Borer Moth - Eichlinia cucurbitae Squash Vine Borer - Eichlinia cucurbitae Melittia cucurbitae - Eichlinia cucurbitae Clearwing moth -- squash borer? - Eichlinia cucurbitae Glorious Squash Vine Borer - Eichlinia gloriosa - female Black and Red flying insect, possible wasp? - Eichlinia cucurbitae Eichlinia cucurbitae Eichlinia calabaza
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Cossoidea (Carpenter and 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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