Melisoides

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| name = Melisoides

| parent_authority = Strand, 1912

| taxon = Melisoides lobata

| authority = Strand, 1912

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Genus:

• Collartisa Kiriakoff, 1953

Species:

• Paramelisa bitjeana Bethune-Baker, 1927
• Collartisa collartorum Kiriakoff, 1953

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Melisoides is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It contains only one species, Melisoides lobata, which is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea.{{cite web |last1=De Prins |first1=J. |last2=De Prins |first2=W. |name-list-style=amp |date=2017 |url=http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/MELILOBA |title=Melisoides lobata Strand, 1912 |website=Afromoths |accessdate=December 19, 2017}}

The wingspan is about 43 mm for males and 47 mm for females. Both wings are lustrous deep bronzy purple, extending to a slight extent to the head and thorax.[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222932708655457#.VW1hg0avNZE Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334] {{PD-notice}}