''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)
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Melipotis acontioides
''Melipotis acontioides'', the royal poinciana moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. The species is found from the southern United States (including California, Arizona, New Mexico, ...
''
(Guenée, 1852)
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Melipotis agrotoides
''Melipotis agrotoides'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Jamaica, Venezuela, Mexico (Yucatán, Mérida), El Salvador and the southern United States, where it has been recorded in California, Arizona and Texas.
The wing ...
''
(Walker, 1858)
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Melipotis albiterminalis''
(Draudt & Gaede, 1944)
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Melipotis asinus''
Dognin, 1912
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Melipotis brunnearis''
(Guenée, 1852)
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Melipotis calamioides''
(Snellen, 1887)
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Melipotis cellaris
''Melipotis cellaris'', the cellar melipotis moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Mexico (Morelos), Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, the West Indies and the southern United States, where it has been ...
''
(Guenée, 1852)
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Melipotis comprehendens''
(Walker, 1858)
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Melipotis contorta''
(Guenée, 1852)
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Melipotis decreta''
(Walker, 1858)
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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. Argentin ...
''
(Kohler, 1979)
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Melipotis euryphaea''
(Hampson, 1926)
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Melipotis evelina''
(Butler, 1878)
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Melipotis famelica
''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) to the Caribbean and Paraguay.
The wingspan
The wingspan ...
''
(Guenée, 1852)
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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 Ur ...
''
(Hübner, 831
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Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* Byzantine–Arab War: Emperor Theophilos invades the Abbasid dominion ...
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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 fasciculate ...
''
(Hampson, 1926)
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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 fasciculate ...
''
(Hampson, 1926)
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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 fasciculate ...
''
Schaus, 1940
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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 fasciculate ...
''
(Walker, 1858)
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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 fasciculate ...
''
Schaus, 1923
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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 fasciculate ...
''
(Guenée, 1852)
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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)
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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, D ...
''
(Guenée, 1852)
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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. Th ...
''
(Hübner, 1818)
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Melipotis leucomelana
''Melipotis'' is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae Species description, 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 wi ...
''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
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Melipotis lucigera''
(Walker, 1858)
* ''
Melipotis mesoleuca''
(Walker, 1869)
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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)
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Melipotis novanda
''Melipotis novanda'' is an owlet moth in the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America.
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Melipotis novanda'' is List of moths of North America ( ...
''
(Guenée, 1852) (=''
Melipotis agrotipennis''
(Harvey, 1875))
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Melipotis obliquivia''
(Hampson, 1926)
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Melipotis ochrodes''
(Guenée, 1852)
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Melipotis perpendicularis
''Melipotis perpendicularis'', the perpendicular melipotis moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America.
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Melipotis perpendicularis'' is List of moths of North America (MONA 8322â ...
''
(Guenée, 1852)
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Melipotis prolata
''Melipotis prolata'' 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 syste ...
''
(Walker, 1858)
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Melipotis prunescens''
(Hampson, 1926)
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Melipotis punctifinis''
(Hampson, 1926)
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Melipotis recipiens''
(Walker, 1858)
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Melipotis roseata''
(Draudt & Gaede, 1944)
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Melipotis separata''
(Walker, 1858)
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Melipotis strigifera''
(Walker, 1858)
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Melipotis trujillensis''
Dognin, 1912
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Melipotis tucumanensis''
Dognin, 1912
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Melipotis walkeri''
Butler, 1892
Former species
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Melipotis albisigna
''Lyncestis albisigna'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, ...
''
(Wileman & South, 1920)
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Melipotis amphix''
(Cramer, 777
777 may refer to:
* 777 (number), a number
* AD 777, a year of the Julian calendar
* 777 BC, a year in the 8th century BC
* Boeing 777, a commercial jet airliner
:* Boeing 777X, the newer generation of the Boeing 777.
Art and entertainment Alb ...
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Melipotis diascota''
(Hampson, 1916)
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Melipotis grandidieri
''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 fasciculate ...
''
(Viette, 1968)
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Melipotis melanoschista
''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 fasciculate ...
''
(Meyrick, 1897)
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Melipotis metaleuca''
(Hampson, 1896)
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Melipotis mimica''
(Gaede, 1939)
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Melipotis phaeocrossa
''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 fasciculate ...
''
(Turner, 1932)
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Melipotis unilinea''
(Swinhoe, 1885)
* ''
Melipotis voeltzkowi''
(Viette, 1965)
References
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Melipotini
Moth genera
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