Melipotis agrotoides

Melipotis agrotoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Erebinae
Tribe: Melipotini
Genus: Melipotis
Species: M. agrotoides
Binomial name
Melipotis agrotoides
(Walker, 1858)[1]
Synonyms
  • Bolina agrotoides Walker, 1858
  • Bolina agrotipennis Harvey, 1875

Melipotis agrotoides is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. It is found in Jamaica, Venezuela, Mexico (Yucatán, Mérida),[2] El Salvador and the southern United States, where it has been recorded from California, Arizona and Texas.

The wingspan is about 47 mm for males and 48 mm for females.[3] Adult males have a large square shaped pale patch on the basal part of the forewings. There is a black band on the hindwings that terminates before the anal angle.[4]

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