''Melisa'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...
. The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1854.
Species
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Melisa croceipes
''Melisa croceipes'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1892 and is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic ...
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(Aurivillius, 1892)
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Melisa diptera
''Melisa diptera'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria
Nigeria, officially ...
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Walker, 1854
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Melisa hancocki
''Melisa hancocki'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1936. It is found in Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, ...
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Jordan, 1936
References
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Syntomini
Noctuoidea genera
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