Species Melipotis cellaris - Cellar Melipotis - Hodges#8601

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea

Family Erebidae

Subfamily Catocalinae

Tribe Melipotini

Genus Melipotis

Species cellaris (Cellar Melipotis - Hodges#8601)

Hodges Number

8601

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Species was described by Achille Guenée (1809-1880), a French lawyer and entomologist.

Explanation of Names

cell, -a is Latin for a granary, store house; a small room, a cell (1)

Size

33-35mm

Range

Common throughout much of Texas, east to Florida (2)

Remarks

Variable forewing pattern (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.

Moth Photographers Group - photographs of pinned adult and related species for comparison.

All-Leps - Images of pinned adults & data point map.

Moths of Maryland - Image of live adult

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms By Donald J. Borror

2.	Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths By Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2004.

Contributed by J.D. Roberts on 25 October, 2007 - 12:13pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman
Last updated 10 September, 2009 - 9:42pm

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