{{Short description|Genus of insects}} {{Distinguish |Mellilä |Melilla}} {{Speciesbox | image = Mellilla xanthometata - Orange Wing Moth (13919408172).jpg | image_caption = | image2 = Mellilla xanthometata - Orange Wing Moth (13942572473).jpg | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Grote, 1873 | taxon = Mellilla xanthometata | authority = (Walker, 1862) | synonyms = Generic<br/> *''Gonilythria'' <small>Gumppenberg, 1887</small> Specific<br/> *''Fidonia xanthometata'' <small>Walker, 1862</small> *''Mellilla chamaechrysaria'' <small>Grote, 1873</small> *''Lythria rilevaria'' <small>Packard, 1876</small> *''Lythria snoviaria'' <small>Packard, 1876</small> }}
'''''Mellilla''''' is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1873. Its only species, '''''Mellilla xanthometata''''', the '''orangewing moth''', was first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in most of eastern North America.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6271.1 |title=910691.00 – 6271.1 – ''Mellilla xanthometata'' – Orangewing Moth – (Walker, 1862) |website=North American Moth Photographers Group |publisher=Mississippi State University |accessdate=June 21, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2004 |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=17538.0 |title=''Mellilla'' Grote, 1873 |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London |accessdate=October 16, 2020}}</ref>
The wingspan is about 16–21 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in early spring and again in late June in two generations per year. Adults are active during both the day and night.
The larvae feed on ''Gleditsia triacanthos''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cotinis |date=December 2, 2017 |url=http://bugguide.net/node/view/73886 |title=Species ''Mellilla xanthometata'' - Orange Wing - Hodges#6271.1 |website=BugGuide |accessdate=June 21, 2019}}</ref>
==References== {{Commons category |Mellilla}} {{Wikispecies}} {{Wikispecies |Mellilla xanthometata}} {{Reflist}}
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Category:Moths described in 1862 Category:Macariini Category:Monotypic moth genera
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