Melipotis famelica
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Melipotis famelica | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Melipotis |
Species: | M. famelica
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Melipotis famelica | |
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Melipotis famelica is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. The species is found from the southern United States (Florida to Texas)[2] to the Caribbean and Paraguay.
The wingspan is about 42 mm.[3]
The larvae feed on Leucaena latisiliqua.
References
- ^ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2013.
- ^ "930875.00 – 8604 – Melipotis famelica – (Guenée, 1852)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ^ Lepidoptera on Grenada Archived 2012-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
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