Melipotis

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Melipotis
File:Melipotis ochrodes.jpg
Melipotis ochrodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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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

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The following species are recognised in the genus Melipotis:[3]

Former species

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References

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