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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 » Prolata Melipotis - Hodges#8606 (Melipotis prolata)
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dark moth with white on hindwing - Melipotis prolata
Copyright © 2006 Robin McLeod

dark moth with white on hindwing - Melipotis prolata
Everglades City, Collier County, Florida, USA
April 4, 2006
Size: wingspan about 35 mm
I'm guessing some species of Melipotis, maybe prolata, a female of which is shown at MPG

on the side of a trailer at night; it then flew under the trailer and I took another shot...

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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 April, 2006 - 12:18am
Last updated 21 April, 2006 - 5:41pm

9280 - Melipotis prolata
James Adams concurs with this identification. The difference between brownish and blackish versions of the same specimen is attributable to angle of light bringing out the purplish sheen of a very fresh specimen.
… Bob Patterson, 21 April, 2006 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

 
M. prolata
Thanks again, Bob. Image moved from genus page to new speceis page.
… Robin McLeod, 21 April, 2006 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

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