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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
Squash Vine Borer - Melittia cucurbitae Melittia snowii Hy. Edwards - Melittia snowii - male Squash Vine Borer on Gooseneck Loosestrife - Melittia cucurbitae clear-winged moth - Melittia cucurbitae Melittia cucurbitae larva - Melittia cucurbitae Red, black, and fuzzy - Melittia cucurbitae Melittia cucurbitae - Melittia cucurbitae Black and red moth or wasp moth - Melittia calabaza
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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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