''Melipotis'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s in the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
first described by
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 '' ...
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''
(Butler, 1878)
* ''
Melipotis famelica''
(Guenée, 1852)
* ''
Melipotis fasciolaris''
(Hübner, 831
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Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* Byzantine–Arab War: Emperor Theophilos invades the Abbasid dominion ...
* ''
Melipotis fuscifusata''
(Hampson, 1926)
* ''
Melipotis goniosema''
(Hampson, 1926)
* ''
Melipotis guanicana''
Schaus, 1940
* ''
Melipotis gubernata''
(Walker, 1858)
* ''
Melipotis harrisoni''
Schaus, 1923
* ''
Melipotis imparallela''
(Guenée, 1852)
* ''
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 Calif ...
''
(Walker, 1858)
* ''
Melipotis januaris''
(Guenée, 1852)
* ''
Melipotis jucunda''
(Hübner, 1818)
* ''
Melipotis leucomelana''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
* ''
Melipotis lucigera''
(Walker, 1858)
* ''
Melipotis mesoleuca''
(Walker, 1869)
* ''
Melipotis nigrobasis
''Melipotis nigrobasis'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America.
The MONA or Hodges number
A MONA number (short for Moths of North America), or Hodges number after Ronald W. Hodges, is part of a numbering sy ...
''
(Guenée, 1852)
* ''
Melipotis novanda''
(Guenée, 1852) (=''
Melipotis agrotipennis''
(Harvey, 1875))
* ''
Melipotis obliquivia''
(Hampson, 1926)
* ''
Melipotis ochrodes''
(Guenée, 1852)
* ''
Melipotis perpendicularis''
(Guenée, 1852)
* ''
Melipotis prolata''
(Walker, 1858)
* ''
Melipotis prunescens''
(Hampson, 1926)
* ''
Melipotis punctifinis''
(Hampson, 1926)
* ''
Melipotis recipiens''
(Walker, 1858)
* ''
Melipotis roseata''
(Draudt & Gaede, 1944)
* ''
Melipotis separata''
(Walker, 1858)
* ''
Melipotis strigifera''
(Walker, 1858)
* ''
Melipotis trujillensis''
Dognin, 1912
* ''
Melipotis tucumanensis''
Dognin, 1912
* ''
Melipotis walkeri''
Butler, 1892
Former species
* ''
Melipotis albisigna''
(Wileman & South, 1920)
* ''
Melipotis amphix''
(Cramer, 777
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* ''
Melipotis diascota''
(Hampson, 1916)
* ''
Melipotis grandidieri''
(Viette, 1968)
* ''
Melipotis melanoschista''
(Meyrick, 1897)
* ''
Melipotis metaleuca''
(Hampson, 1896)
* ''
Melipotis mimica''
(Gaede, 1939)
* ''
Melipotis phaeocrossa''
(Turner, 1932)
* ''
Melipotis unilinea''
(Swinhoe, 1885)
* ''
Melipotis voeltzkowi''
(Viette, 1965)
References
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Melipotini
Moth genera
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