Melipotis famelica

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Melipotis famelica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Melipotis
Species: M. famelica
Binomial name
Melipotis famelica
(Guenée, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Bolina leucomelana Herrich-Schaffer, 1868
  • Bolina bivittata Walker, 1858
  • Bolina striolaris Herrich-Schaffer, 1868

Melipotis famelica is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from the southern United States (Florida to Texas)[2] to the Caribbean and Paraguay.

The wingspan is about 42 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Leucaena latisiliqua.

References

  1. ↑ The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schaffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Lepidoptera on Grenada
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