Melisoides

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.^[1]

Melisoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Melisoides Strand, 1912
Species:	M. lobata
Binomial name
Melisoides lobata Strand, 1912
Synonyms
Genus: Collartisa Kiriakoff, 1953 Species: Paramelisa bitjeana Bethune-Baker, 1927 Collartisa collartorum Kiriakoff, 1953

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.^[2]