Melipotis cellaris: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Melipotis
- Species
- Melipotis cellaris
- Scientific Name
- Melipotis cellaris
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Melipotis cellaris
Melipotis cellaris, the cellar melipotis moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Mexico (Morelos), Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, the West Indies and the southern United States, where it has been recorded from Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas.
The wingspan is 35-37 mm. Adults are on wing year round in Texas.
...Melipotis cellaris in languages:
- English
- Cellar Melipotis
- English
- Cellar Melipotis Moth
- English
- Cellar Graphic
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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































































































































































