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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Melipotini » Melipotis » Royal Poinciana Moth - Hodges#8610 (Melipotis acontioides)

Species Melipotis acontioides - Royal Poinciana Moth - Hodges#8610

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited

Royal Poinciana Moth - Melipotis acontioides

Melipotis acontioides - Melipotis acontioides

Unidentified Noctuidae - Melipotis acontioides

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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

Species acontioides (Royal Poinciana Moth - Hodges#8610)

Hodges Number

8610

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Melipotis acontioides (Guenée, 1852)

Bolina acontioides Guenée, 1852

Melipotis sinualis Harvey, 1877

Melipotis producta Hayes, 1975

* phylogenetic sequence #930881

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed thirteen species of the genus Melipotis in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan about 43 mm.

Range

s. CA to FL / W. Indies - Map (2)(3)(4)

Food

Larval host in Arizona is blue palo verde (Parkisonia florida) (Moths of Southeastern Arizona) and Jerusalem thorn (Parkinsonia aculeata) in Texas.

Life Cycle

Larvae feed at night and pupate in loose cocoons in leaf litter (Sonoran Desert Naturalist).

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG (4)

BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (5)

Moths of Southestern Arizona (3)

Sonoran Desert Naturalist - life history

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 .

2.	Moths of Dallas County, Texas

3.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 19 December, 2007 - 8:33pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 3 November, 2022 - 5:26pm

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