Melipotis famelica
| Melipotis famelica | |
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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. famelica |
| Binomial name | |
| Melipotis famelica (Guenée, 1852)[1] | |
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Melipotis famelica is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. The species 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.