Melipotis famelica: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Melipotis
- Species
- Melipotis famelica
- Scientific Name
- Melipotis famelica
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Melipotis famelica
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) to the Caribbean and Paraguay.
The wingspan is about 42 mm.
The larvae feed on Leucaena latisiliqua.
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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




























































































































































