Melipotis contorta
| Melipotis contorta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Erebinae |
| Tribe: | Melipotini |
| Genus: | Melipotis |
| Species: | M. contorta |
| Binomial name | |
| Melipotis contorta (Guenee, 1852)[1] | |
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Melipotis contorta is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. It is found from Florida,[2] through Mexico and Guatemala to Brazil. It is also found in Cuba, St. Thomas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Martinique, St. Martin, St. Kitts, Antigua and Barbuda and Jamaica.[3]
Adults are on wing from January to February, in May, July and December in Florida.[4]