Biology:Melipotis

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Short description: Genus of moths

Melipotis
Melipotis ochrodes.jpg
Melipotis ochrodes
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Melipotini
Genus: Melipotis
Hübner, 1818[1]
Synonyms
  • Heliothis Hübner, 1809 (suppressed ICZN 789)
  • Gerespa Walker, 1858
  • Coronta Walker, [1858]

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.[2]

Species

Former species

  • Melipotis albisigna (Wileman & South, 1920)
  • Melipotis amphix (Cramer, [1777])
  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q8009017 entry