Melittia sangaica Moore, 1877

Kallies, Axel, Arita, Yutaka & Min, Wang, 2016, A new species and new records of Melittiini from China and Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Sesiidae), Zootaxa 4205 (2), pp. 162-170 : 164

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.2.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6055141
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scientific name	Melittia sangaica Moore, 1877
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Melittia sangaica Moore, 1877 View in CoL

= Melittia humerosa Swinhoe, 1892

Material examined. 1 ♂, West China, Kwanhsien [Prov. Sichuan, Chengdu area ], 6.viii.1925, G. M. Franck ( MNHB) ; 1 ♂, Guangdong Prov., Shaoguang, Nanling , 1000 m, 8.vii.2007 ( NSMT) ; 1 ♂, same locality, 800 m, 24.vi.2008 ( NSMT) ; 1 ♂, same locality, 600 m, 23.vi.2014 ( NSMT) ; 1 ♂, same locality, 600 m, 19.vii.2014 ( NSMT) . 3 ♂ 1 ♀, same locality, 800 m, 2–6.vii.2012 ( CAK) .

M. sangaica View in CoL was originally described from Shanghai, and the nominotypical subspecies is only known from China and Vietnam ( Arita & Gorbunov, 1995a, Špatenka et al. 1999, Arita & Kallies, 2000). The subspecies nipponica Arita & Yata, 1987 occurs in Japan. Several specimens were collected while visiting white flowering trees along a river valley.