Biology:Melipotis famelica
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Melipotis |
| Species: | M. famelica
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| Binomial name | |
| Melipotis famelica (Guenée, 1852)[1]
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Melipotis famelica is a species of moth in the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. 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.
References
- ↑ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool/v19n2/v19n2a06.pdf.
- ↑ "930875.00 – 8604 – Melipotis famelica – (Guenée, 1852)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8604. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ↑ Lepidoptera on Grenada
Wikidata ☰ Q13517090 entry
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