{{Short description|Genus of moths}} {{Italic title}} {{Speciesbox | name = ''Melisoides'' | parent_authority = Strand, 1912 | taxon = Melisoides lobata | authority = Strand, 1912 | synonyms = Genus:<br /> *''Collartisa'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small> Species:<br /> *''Paramelisa bitjeana'' <small>Bethune-Baker, 1927</small> *''Collartisa collartorum'' <small>Kiriakoff, 1953</small> }}
'''''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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=De Prins |first1=J. |last2=De Prins |first2=W. |name-list-style=amp |date=2017 |url=http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/MELILOBA |title=''Melisoides lobata'' Strand, 1912 |website=Afromoths |accessdate=December 19, 2017}}</ref>
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.<ref>[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222932708655457#.VW1hg0avNZE Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1927. Descriptions of new Heterocera from Africa and the East. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)20:321–334] {{PD-notice}}</ref>
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Category:Syntomini Category:Monotypic moth genera Category:Erebid moths of Africa Category:Noctuoidea genera
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