| Higher taxa: | Sesiidae (family)/ Sesiinae (subfamily)/ Synanthedonini (tribe)/ Melisophista (genus)/ |
| Status: | Synonym , the accepted name is Crinipus |
| Authorship: | Meyrick, 1927 |
| Citation: | Melisophista, n. g. |
| Taxon remarks: | Type species: Melisophista geraropa Meyrick, 1927. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3(11–12): 371. By monotypy. |
| Publication: | Meyrick E. 1927a. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3. |
| Journal: | — |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Issue: | 11–12 |
| Pagination: | 371 |
| URL: | https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60297731 |