46. Melittia chalciformis (Fabricius, 1793: 382)

Sesia

= Sphinx bombyliformis Stoll [1782]: 241 (preocc. Sphinx bombyliformis Linnaeus, 1758).

= Melittia anthedoniformis Hübner, [1819]: 128.

= Melittia bombylipennis Boisduval, 1875: 473 (TL: Coromandel).

= Melitta arrecta Meyrick, 1918: 181 (TL: Burma, Koni).

Type locality: Ceylon/ India .

Distributionin India: Assam, Bombay province, Madras province, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh. Global records: Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Japan, Sumatra, Java, China, Taiwan (Hampson 1919; Singh et al. 2022a).