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Melipotis Strigifera
''Melipotis'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi with second joint obliquely upturned and reaching vertex of head, and long porrect third joint. Antennae with short fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia with medial and terminal tufts of long spinous hairs. Forewings with somewhat quadrate apex. Species * ''Melipotis abrupta'' (Snellen, 1887) * ''Melipotis acontioides'' (Guenée, 1852) * ''Melipotis agrotoides'' (Walker, 1858) * ''Melipotis albiterminalis'' (Draudt & Gaede, 1944) * ''Melipotis asinus'' Dognin, 1912 * '' Melipotis brunnearis'' (Guenée, 1852) * ''Melipotis calamioides'' (Snellen, 1887) * ''Melipotis cellaris'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis comprehendens'' (Walker, 1858) * ''Melipotis contorta'' (Guenée, 1852) * ''Melipotis decreta'' (Walker, 1858) * ''Melipotis dispar'' (Kohler, 1979) * ''Melipotis euryphaea'' (Hampson, 1926) * ''Melipotis evelina'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. He was one of the first specialists to work on the European Lepidoptera. He described many new species, for example ''Sesia bembeciformis'' and ''Euchloe tagis'', many of them common. He also described many new genus, genera. He was a designer and engraver and from 1786 he worked for three years as a designer and engraver at a cotton factory in Ukraine. There he collected butterflies and moths including descriptions and illustrations of some in ''Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schmetterlinge'' (1786–1790) along with other new species from the countryside around his home in Augsburg. Hübner's masterwork "Tentamen" was intended as a discussion document. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melipotis Dispar
''Melipotis dispar'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th .... References Moths described in 1979 Melipotis {{Melipotini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melipotis Jucunda
''Melipotis jucunda'', the merry melipotis moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Mexico (Yucatán, Mérida), Colombia, most of the United States, western Canada and northeast Brazil. The wingspan is 35–42 mm. There are two or three generations in New Jersey and multiple generations in the southern part of the range. The larvae feed on '' Salix bonplandia'' and '' Salix wrighti'', ''Acacia'' species and ''Calliandra eriophylla ''Calliandra eriophylla'', commonly known as fairy duster, is a low spreading shrub which is native to deserts and arid grasslands in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. The flowers, which appear between late winter and late spr ...''. Subspecies *''Melipotis jucunda jucunda'' *''Melipotis jucunda hadeniformis'' (Behr, 1870) (California) References Moths described in 1818 Melipotis {{Melipotini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melipotis Januaris
''Melipotis januaris'', the January melipotis moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. The species has a wide range in the New World and has been recorded from Saint Kitts, Montserrat, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent (Antilles), Saint Vincent, Grenada, the Greater Antilles, Florida and from Mexico to Paraguay. The wingspan is about 35 mm. The larvae feed on ''Inga laurina''. References Moths described in 1852 Melipotis {{Melipotini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melipotis Indomita
''Melipotis indomita'', the indomitable melipotis, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1858. It is found from the West Indies to Mexico, and from Maine, Florida and Minnesota to Texas and California. The wingspan is 40–55 mm. There are multiple generations per year. The larvae feed on ''Prosopis ''Prosopis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains around 45 species of spiny trees and shrubs found in subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, Africa, Western Asia, and South Asia. They often thrive in ari ...'' species. References Melipotis Moths of North America Moths described in 1858 {{Melipotini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melipotis Imparallela
''Melipotis'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi with second joint obliquely upturned and reaching vertex of head, and long porrect third joint. Antennae with short fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia with medial and terminal tufts of long spinous hairs. Forewings with somewhat quadrate apex. Species * '' Melipotis abrupta'' (Snellen, 1887) * ''Melipotis acontioides'' (Guenée, 1852) * ''Melipotis agrotoides'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Melipotis albiterminalis'' (Draudt & Gaede, 1944) * '' Melipotis asinus'' Dognin, 1912 * '' Melipotis brunnearis'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis calamioides'' (Snellen, 1887) * ''Melipotis cellaris'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis comprehendens'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Melipotis contorta'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis decreta'' (Walker, 1858) * ''Melipotis dispar'' (Kohler, 1979) * '' Melipotis euryphaea'' (Hampson, 1926) * '' Melipotis eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melipotis Harrisoni
''Melipotis'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi with second joint obliquely upturned and reaching vertex of head, and long porrect third joint. Antennae with short fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia with medial and terminal tufts of long spinous hairs. Forewings with somewhat quadrate apex. Species * '' Melipotis abrupta'' (Snellen, 1887) * ''Melipotis acontioides'' (Guenée, 1852) * ''Melipotis agrotoides'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Melipotis albiterminalis'' (Draudt & Gaede, 1944) * '' Melipotis asinus'' Dognin, 1912 * '' Melipotis brunnearis'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis calamioides'' (Snellen, 1887) * ''Melipotis cellaris'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis comprehendens'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Melipotis contorta'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis decreta'' (Walker, 1858) * ''Melipotis dispar'' (Kohler, 1979) * '' Melipotis euryphaea'' (Hampson, 1926) * '' Melipotis eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melipotis Gubernata
''Melipotis'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi with second joint obliquely upturned and reaching vertex of head, and long porrect third joint. Antennae with short fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia with medial and terminal tufts of long spinous hairs. Forewings with somewhat quadrate apex. Species * '' Melipotis abrupta'' (Snellen, 1887) * ''Melipotis acontioides'' (Guenée, 1852) * ''Melipotis agrotoides'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Melipotis albiterminalis'' (Draudt & Gaede, 1944) * '' Melipotis asinus'' Dognin, 1912 * '' Melipotis brunnearis'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis calamioides'' (Snellen, 1887) * ''Melipotis cellaris'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis comprehendens'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Melipotis contorta'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis decreta'' (Walker, 1858) * ''Melipotis dispar'' (Kohler, 1979) * '' Melipotis euryphaea'' (Hampson, 1926) * '' Melipotis eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melipotis Guanicana
''Melipotis'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi with second joint obliquely upturned and reaching vertex of head, and long porrect third joint. Antennae with short fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia with medial and terminal tufts of long spinous hairs. Forewings with somewhat quadrate apex. Species * '' Melipotis abrupta'' (Snellen, 1887) * ''Melipotis acontioides'' (Guenée, 1852) * ''Melipotis agrotoides'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Melipotis albiterminalis'' (Draudt & Gaede, 1944) * '' Melipotis asinus'' Dognin, 1912 * '' Melipotis brunnearis'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis calamioides'' (Snellen, 1887) * ''Melipotis cellaris'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis comprehendens'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Melipotis contorta'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis decreta'' (Walker, 1858) * ''Melipotis dispar'' (Kohler, 1979) * '' Melipotis euryphaea'' (Hampson, 1926) * '' Melipotis eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melipotis Goniosema
''Melipotis'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi with second joint obliquely upturned and reaching vertex of head, and long porrect third joint. Antennae with short fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia with medial and terminal tufts of long spinous hairs. Forewings with somewhat quadrate apex. Species * '' Melipotis abrupta'' (Snellen, 1887) * ''Melipotis acontioides'' (Guenée, 1852) * ''Melipotis agrotoides'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Melipotis albiterminalis'' (Draudt & Gaede, 1944) * '' Melipotis asinus'' Dognin, 1912 * '' Melipotis brunnearis'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis calamioides'' (Snellen, 1887) * ''Melipotis cellaris'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis comprehendens'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Melipotis contorta'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis decreta'' (Walker, 1858) * ''Melipotis dispar'' (Kohler, 1979) * '' Melipotis euryphaea'' (Hampson, 1926) * '' Melipotis eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melipotis Fuscifusata
''Melipotis'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818. Description Palpi with second joint obliquely upturned and reaching vertex of head, and long porrect third joint. Antennae with short fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia with medial and terminal tufts of long spinous hairs. Forewings with somewhat quadrate apex. Species * '' Melipotis abrupta'' (Snellen, 1887) * ''Melipotis acontioides'' (Guenée, 1852) * ''Melipotis agrotoides'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Melipotis albiterminalis'' (Draudt & Gaede, 1944) * '' Melipotis asinus'' Dognin, 1912 * '' Melipotis brunnearis'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis calamioides'' (Snellen, 1887) * ''Melipotis cellaris'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis comprehendens'' (Walker, 1858) * '' Melipotis contorta'' (Guenée, 1852) * '' Melipotis decreta'' (Walker, 1858) * ''Melipotis dispar'' (Kohler, 1979) * '' Melipotis euryphaea'' (Hampson, 1926) * '' Melipotis eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melipotis Fasciolaris
''Melipotis fasciolaris'', the fasciolated melipotis or bewitching melipotis, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from Georgia and Florida west through Texas to California, south through Central America and the Caribbean to Uruguay. The wingspan is . The larvae feed on the leaves of ''Prosopis ''Prosopis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It contains around 45 species of spiny trees and shrubs found in subtropical and tropical regions of the Americas, Africa, Western Asia, and South Asia. They often thrive in ari ...'' species. Adults are a pollinator of fetterbush lyonia. References Moths described in 1831 Melipotis {{Melipotini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |