Melipotis agrotoides: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Melipotis
- Species
- Melipotis agrotoides
- Scientific Name
- Melipotis agrotoides
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Melipotis agrotoides
Melipotis agrotoides is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Jamaica, Venezuela, Mexico (Yucatán, Mérida), El Salvador and the southern United States, where it has been recorded in California, Arizona and Texas.
The wingspan is about 47 mm for males and 48 mm for females. Adult males have a large square shaped pale patch on the basal part of the forewings. There is a black band on the hindwings that terminates before the anal angle.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Melipotis acontioides
- Melipotis agrotoides
- Melipotis albiterminalis
- Melipotis amphix
- Melipotis bisinuata
- Melipotis brunnearis
- Melipotis cellaris
- Melipotis comprehendens
- Melipotis contorta
- Melipotis decreta
- Melipotis evelina
- Melipotis famelica
- Melipotis fasciolaris
- Melipotis florida
- Melipotis goniosema
- Melipotis guanicana
- Melipotis harrisoni
- Melipotis imparallela
- Melipotis indomita
- Melipotis januaris
- Melipotis jucunda
- Melipotis limitata
- Melipotis lucigera
- Melipotis mimica
- Melipotis nigrobasis
- Melipotis novanda
- Melipotis ochrodes
- Melipotis perpendicularis
- Melipotis prolata
- Melipotis punctifinis
- Melipotis separata
- Melipotis strigifera
- Melipotis trujillensis
- Melipotis walkeri




























































































































