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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Erebidae » Catocalinae » Melipotini » Melipotis » Indomitable Melipotis Moth - Hodges#8600 (Melipotis indomita)

Species Melipotis indomita - Indomitable Melipotis Moth - Hodges#8600

Classification · Hodges Number · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Melipotis? - Melipotis indomita Melipotis indomita Melipotis indomita Melipotis perpendicularis - Melipotis indomita Melipotis perpendicularis - Melipotis indomita Melipotis perpendicularis - Melipotis indomita Melipotis indomita Melipotis indomita - Melipotis indomita
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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 indomita (Indomitable Melipotis Moth - Hodges#8600)
Hodges Number
8600
Numbers
13 spp. (1)
Range
CA to FL (2)
Remarks
The most common and widest ranging species of Melipotis. (2)
May be active during the day on rotting fruit or flowers. (2)
Works Cited
1.Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
By Hodges, R. W. et al. (editors).
2.Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths
By Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 January, 2007 - 11:54am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 31 August, 2008 - 7:17am

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