Melese

Genus of moths

Melese

Melese spp
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Superfamily:  | Noctuoidea
Family:  | Erebidae
Subfamily:  | Arctiinae
Subtribe:  | Phaegopterina
Genus:  | Melese
Walker, 1854
Synonyms

* Malabus Walker, 1855
* Idioctetus Herrich-Schäffer, [1856]
* Heteromelese Zikán, 1968

Melese is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.

## Species

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* Melese albogrisea Rothschild, 1909
* Melese amastris (Druce, 1884)
* Melese aprepia Dognin, 1908
* Melese asana (Druce, 1884)
* Melese babosa (Dognin, 1894)
* Melese barbuti Vincent, 2004
* Melese binotata (Walker, 1856)
* Melese castrena Schaus, 1905
* Melese chiriquensis Schaus, 1905
* Melese chozeba (Druce, 1884)
* Melese columbiana Rothschild, 1909
* Melese costimacula Joicey & Talbot, 1916
* Melese dorothea (Stoll, [1782])
* Melese drucei Rothschild, 1909
* Melese endopyra Hampson, 1901
* Melese erythrastis Dognin, 1907
* Melese farri Murphy & Garraway, 2007
* Melese flavescens Joicey & Talbot, 1918
* Melese flavimaculata Dognin, 1899
* Melese hampsoni Rothschild, 1909
* Melese hebetis Rothschild, 1909
* Melese incertus (Walker, 1855)
* Melese inconspicua Rothschild, 1909
* Melese innocua Dognin, 1911
* Melese intensa Rothschild, 1910
* Melese klagesi Rothschild, 1909
* Melese laodamia (Druce, 1884)
* Melese lateritius (Möschler, 1878)
* Melese leucanioides (Herrich-Schäffer, [1856])
* Melese levequei Vincent, 2004
* Melese monima Schaus, 1910
* Melese nebulosa Joicey & Talbot, 1916
* Melese nigromaculata Rothschild, 1909
* Melese ocellata Hampson, 1901
* Melese paranensis Dognin, 1911
* Melese peruviana Rothschild, 1909
* Melese postica Walker, 1854
* Melese pumila Dognin, 1908
* Melese punctata Rothschild, 1909
* Melese pusilla Rothschild, 1909
* Melese quadrina Schaus, 1910
* Melese quadripunctata Rothschild, 1909
* Melese rubricata Dognin, 1910
* Melese russatus (H. Edwards, 1884)
* Melese signata Joicey & Talbot, 1916
* Melese sixola Schaus, 1910
* Melese sordida Rothschild, 1909
* Melese sotrema Schaus, 1920
* Melese underwoodi (Rothschild, 1917)

## Former species

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* Melese niger Toulgoët, 1983

## References

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* Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
* Savela, Markku. "Melese Walker, 1854". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 31, 2017.

Taxon identifiers

Melese|

* Wikidata: Q6812186
* Wikispecies: Melese
* BioLib: 524270
* BOLD: 4202
* ButMoth: 17484.0
* GBIF: 1817551
* iNaturalist: 247497
* IRMNG: 1195972
* LepIndex: 43279
* NCBI: 695264
* Open Tree of Life: 1022444

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