Prorella mellisa

Prorella mellisa is a moth in the family Geometridae first described by John Arthur Grossbeck in 1908. It is found in the US states of California, Arizona, Colorado and Montana.

Prorella mellisa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Prorella
Species:
P. mellisa
Binomial name
Prorella mellisa
(Grossbeck, 1908)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Gymnoscelis mellisa Grossbeck, 1908

The forewings have a slight ocherous suffusion.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing in May and from July to October.

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Prorella mellisa (Grossbeck 1908)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.
  2. "910462.00 – 7621 – Prorella mellisa – (Grossbeck, 1908)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
  3. McDunnough, James H. (1949). "Revision of the North American species of the genus Eupithecia (Lepidoptera, Geometridae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 93: 533–728.
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