50. Clepsis melissa (Meyrick, 1908)

Capua melissa Meyrick, 1908; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18: 613.

= Clepsis epiclintes Meyrick, 1928; Exotic Microlepid. 3: 452.

TL: India, Assam, Khasi Hills [now in Meghalaya] ( melissa); India, Bengal, Calcutta ( epiclintes).

Distribution: India (Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, West Bengal); China (Tibet); Nepal; Vietnam (Diakonoff 1976; Nedoshivina 2013).

Host: This species has been reared from Malus pumila (Rosaceae) (Robinson et al. 2001).

Illustrations: Adult (Nedoshivina 2013: 221) and genitalia (Clarke 1958: 72; Rose & Pooni 2004: 158).