Melipotis januaris

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Melipotini
Genus: Melipotis
Species: M. januaris
Binomial name
Melipotis januaris
(Guenée, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Bolina januaris Guenee, 1852
  • Bolina parcicolor Herrich-Schaffer, 1868
  • Bolina rectifascia Herrich-Schaffer, 1868
  • Melipotis argos Druce, 1900
  • Bolina russaris Guenée, 1852
  • Bolina excavans Walker, 1858
  • Bolina subtilis Walker, 1858
  • Bolina surinamensis Möschler, 1880
  • Bolina nebulosa Maassen, 1890
  • Bolina limitata Möschler, 1886
  • Melipotis bimaculata Möschler
  • Melipotis confusa Möschler

Melipotis januaris is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. The species has a wide range in the New World and has been recorded from St. Kitts, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, the Greater Antilles, Florida and from Mexico to Paraguay.[2]

The wingspan is about 35 mm.[3] It is a highly variable species. Some specimens show a strongly contrasting pattern whilst others are more uniform.

The larvae feed on Inga laurina.[4]

References

  1. ↑ The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schaffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana
  2. ↑ inra.fr
  3. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ↑ Melipotisat funet


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