Melinoessa fulvescens is a species of moth in the family Geometridae, native to Sierra Leone and Gambia.

The current, slightly different, specific name was given by L. B. Prout in 1916.

Wings deep straw-coloured, the anterior having a small black spot placed near the middle of the anterior edges.

A small narrow line of a silverish colour runs along the external edges of these wings, beginning near the tips, and continuing along the edges of the posterior ones, ends at the abdominal corners.

Wings coloured as on the upper side, but dappled with minute reddish streaks.