Melisomimas metallica Hampson, 1914
| FAMILY | Metarbelidae |
| SUBFAMILY | |
| GENUS | Melisomimas |
| SPECIES | metallica |
| AUTHOR | Hampson, 1914 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Melisomimas metallica, sp. nov. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Nigeria S, Ibadan District, leg. W. A. Lamborn. |
| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES | / |
| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♀, BMNH; Paratypes 2♀, BMNH. |
| STATUS | Species |
| COMMENT | Does not belong to Metarbelidae (I. Lehmann pers. comm.). |
| PUBLICATION | Hampson G. F. 1914d. Two new species of wood-boring moths from West Africa. - Bulletin of Entomological Research 5(3):245, pl. 17. |
| PAGINATION |
245
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Species Distribution
| COUNTRY | PROVINCE/STATE | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Nigeria | Hampson G. F. 1914d. Two new species of wood-boring moths from West Africa. - Bulletin of Entomological Research 5(3):245, pl. 17. | 245 | |
| Sierra Leone | Hampson G. F. 1914d. Two new species of wood-boring moths from West Africa. - Bulletin of Entomological Research 5(3):245, pl. 17. | 245 |
Host Plants
| FAMILY | SPECIES | COUNTRY | PUBLICATION | PAGE |
| Fabaceae | Albizia sp. | Nigeria | Hampson G. F. 1914d. Two new species of wood-boring moths from West Africa. - Bulletin of Entomological Research 5(3):245, pl. 17. | 245 |
| Fabaceae | Erythrophleum guineense | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. | 183 |
| Fabaceae | Acacia sp. | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. | 183 |
| Fabaceae | Piptadenia africana | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. | 183 |
| Fabaceae | Samanea saman | East Africa | Sevastopulo D. G. 1976. A list of the food plants of East African Macrolepidoptera. Part 2. Moths (Heterocera). - Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society 35(311):94-100; (313) 177-195. | 183 |
