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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 » Melipotis florida - Hodges#8598.1 (Melipotis florida)
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Moth unknown - Melipotis florida - female
Copyright © 2010 Carol Wolf

Moth unknown - Melipotis florida - Female
Everglades NP, Long Pine Key, Florida, USA
February 23, 2010
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Contributed by Carol Wolf on 2 March, 2010 - 9:19am
Last updated 7 January, 2022 - 2:02pm

Moved
Moved from Melipotis perpendicularis.
… Zachary Dankowicz, 7 January, 2022 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

Melipotis florida
Melipotis florida
… Jan Metlevski , 29 June, 2021 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Melipotis januaris.
… Carol Wolf, 12 November, 2014 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

Melipotis perpendecularis
In my opinion that is a female of Melipotis perpendecularis (very variable species). In M. perpendicularis distance between antemedial line and the base of the forewing is usually much shorter on the costal edge than on the inner edge of the wing. In M. januaris this distance is about the same on both edges.
… Jan Metlevski , 4 June, 2012 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Melipotis.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 3 March, 2010 - 6:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Carol Wolf, 2 March, 2010 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

Melipotis sp. for now........
It will be about three weeks before we can get this one determined. Might be an undescribed species, visitor from the islands, or a form not presently in the photo libraries. (no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 2 March, 2010 - 10:58am login or register to post comments

 
8603 - Melipostis januaris (female)
Confirmed by Jim Vargo. I got a male at Anhinga Trail on the 16th. There is substantial variation in this dimorphic species. (no rsvp, thanks)
… Bob Patterson, 2 March, 2010 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

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