<strong>Contributions to the study of the Ethiopian Lepidoptera. I. The genus <em>Melittia</em> Hübner, 1819 [“1816”] (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) with description of a new species</strong>

OLEG G. GORBUNOV

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4033.4.5

Issue: Vol. 4033 No. 4: 27 Oct. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-10-27

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.4.5

Page range: 543–554

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**Contributions to the study of the Ethiopian Lepidoptera. I. The genus Melittia Hübner, 1819 [“1816”] (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) with description of a new species**

OLEG G. GORBUNOV⁺⁻

A.N. Severtsov Institute of ecology and evolution Russian academy of sciences, Leninsky prospekt 33, Moscow, 119071 Russia.

Lepidoptera Sesiidae Melittia ambo sp. nov. M. pyropis M. abyssiniensis Ethiopia taxonomy new species first record host plant

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Abstract

The genus Melittia Hübner, 1819 [“1816”] (Sesiidae) is reviewed for the country of Ethiopia. Melittia ambo sp. nov. is described from vicinities of Ambo, West Shewa zone, Oromia. Adults, including male and female genitalia, and the larval host plant, Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. (Cucurbitaceae), are illustrated. Additional, Melittia pyropis Hampson, 1919 is recorded for Ethiopia for the first time, and the holotype of M. abyssiniensis Hampson, 1919 is illustrated.