Afromelittia occidentalis (Le Cerf, 1917)

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Higher taxa:	Sesiidae (family)/  Sesiinae (subfamily)/  Melittiini (tribe)/  Afromelittia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Le Cerf, 1917)
Citation:	Melittia natalensis Bultler [sic] var. occidentalis n. var.
Original genus:	Melittia
Publication:	Le Cerf F. 1917. Contributions à l'étude des Aegeriidae. Description et iconographie d'espèces et de formes nouvelles ou peu connues.
Journal:	Etudes de Lépidoptérologie comparée
Volume:	14
Issue:
Pagination:	167–168; pl. 475, fig. 3917
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10632305

Afromelittia occidentalis (1)

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Taxonomic note:

See also O. G. Gorbunov & Y. Arita (1997: 321).

Gorbunov O. G. & Arita Y. 1997. A revision of Ferdinand Le Cerf's clearwing moth types (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae), kept at the Paris Museum. II. Melittiini in the Afrotropical Region.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Afromelittia occidentalis (Le Cerf, 1917)	Holotype	♂	MNHN	Holotype ♂, MNHN (see Y. Arita et al. 2021: 31).	Central African Republic	[Central African Republic], Haut-Oubangui, Congo français, 1895, leg. M. Viancin.	Arita Y., Gorbunov O. G., Kallies A. & Yata N. 2021. Historical type specimens of Sesiidae species kept in European museums. page 167–168; pl. 475, fig. 3917

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Afromelittia occidentalis (Le Cerf, 1917)	Central African Republic		Le Cerf F. 1917. Contributions à l'étude des Aegeriidae. Description et iconographie d'espèces et de formes nouvelles ou peu connues. page 167
Afromelittia occidentalis (Le Cerf, 1917)	Congo		Dalla Torre K. W. von & Strand E. 1925. Aegeriidae. – In: Strand, E. (ed.) Lepidopterorum Catalogus. page 146
Afromelittia occidentalis (Le Cerf, 1917)	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 44
Afromelittia occidentalis (Le Cerf, 1917)	Kenya		Bartsch D. 2016b. Melittia fiebigi spec. nov. and Afromelittia caerulea spec. nov., two new Melittiini from southern Africa (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). page 111
Afromelittia occidentalis (Le Cerf, 1917)	Mozambique		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 44
Afromelittia occidentalis (Le Cerf, 1917)	Uganda		Pinhey E. C. G. 1952. Notes on Odonata and Lepidoptera made on a collectiong trip in Uganda with descriptions of two new Arctiidae (Lep.) from Tanganyika and Kenya. page 174
Afromelittia occidentalis (Le Cerf, 1917)	Zimbabwe		Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 44

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Afromelittia occidentalis (1)

Afromelittia occidentalis (2)

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