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Genus Melipotis

Unk Moth #72 - Melipotis jucunda Melipotis acontioides Moth - Melipotis jucunda Caterpillar - Melipotis Erebidae ? - Melipotis indomita Moth on Traffic Cone - Melipotis acontioides Mystery Moth - Melipotis indomita Melipotis agrotoides
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Erebinae
Tribe Melipotini
Genus Melipotis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Melipotis Hübner, 1818
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed thirteen species of the genus Melipotis in America north of Mexico. (1)
Print References
Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1: 17
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - photo plate of pinned Melipotis and related species.
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .