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Melipotis fasciolaris

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Species of moth

Melipotis fasciolaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Melipotis
Species: M. fasciolaris
Binomial name
Melipotis fasciolaris
(Hübner, )
Synonyms
  • Aedia fasciolaris Hübner,
  • Bolina cunearis Guenee, 1852
  • Bolina fuscaris Guenee, 1852
  • Bolina illuminans Walker, 1858
  • Bolina limitaris Guenee, 1852

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 33–43 mm (1.3–1.7 in).

The larvae feed on the leaves of Prosopis species. Adults are a pollinator of fetterbush lyonia.

References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Melipotis fasciolaris (Hubner 1831)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016.
  2. "Melipotis fasciolaris (Hübner, [1831])". NKIS.
  3. "Species Melipotis fasciolaris - Fasciolated Melipotis - Hodges#8599 - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net.
  4. Benning, John (October 2015). "Odd for an Ericad: Nocturnal Pollination of Lyonia lucida (Ericaceae)". American Midland Naturalist. 2 (174): 204–217. doi:10.1674/0003-0031-174.2.204. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Melipotis fasciolaris


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