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Melipotis Hübner, 1818
Melipotis Hübner, 1818; Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : 17, TS: Melipotis jucunda Hübner
Heliothis Hübner, 1809; (suppr. ICZN 789)
= ; [NACL, 125]
Lyncestis Walker, 1857; List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 11: 611, 632, TS: Phalaena amphix Cramer
= ; [NACL, 125]
Gerespa Walker, 1858
= ; [NACL, 125]
Coronta Walker, [1858]
= ; [NACL, 125]
Jarasana Moore, 1882
= ; [NACL, 125]
Melioptis ; Swinhoe, 1900, (missp.)
Melipotis ; Butler, 1892, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 10 (58) : 315-327
Lyncestis (Catocalinae) ; [AUCL]
Melipotis (Catocalinae) ; [NACL, 125]
Melipotis (Ophiderinae) ; [POOLE]
Melipotis (Calpinae) ; [NE10, 36]
Misidentified/misapplied:
Bolina Duponchel, 1845; auth.
Melipotis amphix (Cramer, [1777])
Phalaena amphix Cramer, [1777]; Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 59, pl. 134, TL: Cote de Coromandel
Lyncestis amphix ;
Melipotis phaeocrossa (Turner, 1932)
Lyncestis phaeocrossa Turner, 1932
Lyncestis phaeocrossa ; [AUCL]
Melipotis melanoschista (Meyrick, 1897)
Catephia melanoschista Meyrick, 1897
Lyncestis macrosticha Turner, 1904
Lyncestis fuscifusata Hampson, 1926
= ; [AUCL]
Lyncestis melanoschista ; [AUCL]
Melipotis perpendicularis (Guenée, 1852)
marmoraris (Guenée, 1852)
= ; [NACL, #8598]
disturbans (Walker, 1858)
= ; [NACL, #8598]
excepta (Walker, 1858)
= ; [NACL, #8598]
glaucipennis (Walker, 1858)
= ; [NACL, #8598]
stolida (Walker, 1858)
= ; [NACL, #8598]
Melipotis stygialis Grote, 1878
= ; [NACL, #8598]
indistincta (Butler, 1878)
= ; [NACL, #8598]
Bolina limitata Möschler, 1886; Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 14 (3) : 55, TL: Jamaica
= ; [NACL, #8598]
Melipotis perpendicularis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Melipotis perpendicularis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Melipotis perpendicularis, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
 Melipotis perpendicularis ; [NACL, #8598]
Melipotis fasciolaris (Hübner, [1831])
S.USA - Urugyay, Antilles. See [About maps] cunearis (Guenée, 1852)
= ; [NACL, #8599]
fuscaris (Guenée, 1852)
= ; [NACL, #8599]
limitaris (Guenée, 1852)
= ; [NACL, #8599]
illuminans (Walker, 1858)
= ; [NACL, #8599]
Melipotis fasciolaris, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Melipotis fasciolaris, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Melipotis fasciolaris, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Melipotis fasciolaris, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
 Melipotis fascicularis ; Guenée, 1852, (missp.)
Melipotis lunearis ; McDunnough, 1938, (missp.)
Melipotis fasciolaris ; [NACL, #8599]; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 31, f. 73-74
Melipotis indomita (Walker, 1858)
nigrescens (Grote & Robinson, 1866)
= ; [NACL, #8600]
ochreipennis (Harvey, 1875)
= ; [NACL, #8600]
ochreifascia (Grote, 1875)
= ; [NACL, #8600]
Melipotis indomita, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Melipotis indomita, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Melipotis indomita, Noctuid Search (record) [NOCTS]
Melipotis indomita, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
 Melipotis indomita ; [NACL, #8600]
Melipotis ochrodes (Guenée, 1852)
Antilles, Mexico - Brazil. See [About maps] Melipotis ochrodes, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
 Melipotis ochrodes ; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 31, f. 77-78

Larva on Prosopis juliflora, Schrankia portoricensis

Melipotis cellaris (Guenée, 1852)
turbata (Walker, 1858)
= ; [NACL, #8601]
insipida (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874)
= ; [NACL, #8601]
Melipotis cellaris, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Melipotis cellaris, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Melipotis cellaris ; [NACL, #8601]
Melipotis nigrobasis (Guenée, 1852)
Melipotis nigrobasis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Melipotis nigrobasis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Melipotis nigrobasis ; [NACL, #8602]
Melipotis januaris (Guenée, 1852)
S.USA - Colombia, Antilles, Guianas. See [About maps] russaris (Guenée, 1852)
= ; [NACL, #8603]
excavans (Walker, 1858)
= ; [NACL, #8603]
subtilis (Walker, 1858)
= ; [NACL, #8603]
parcicolor (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
= ; [NACL, #8603]
rectifascia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
= ; [NACL, #8603]
surinamensis (Möschler, 1880)
= ; [NACL, #8603]
nebulosa (Maassen, 1890)
= ; [NACL, #8603]
Melipotis argos Druce, 1900
= ; [NACL, #8603]
Melipotis januaris, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Melipotis januaris, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Melipotis januaris, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
 Melipotis rectifasciata ; Wolcott, 1936, (missp.)
Melipotis januaris ; [NACL, #8603]; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 31, f. 79-80

Larva on Inga laurina

Melipotis famelica (Guenée, 1852)
S.USA - Venezuela, Antilles. See [About maps] bivittata (Walker, 1858)
= ; [NACL, #8604]
Melipotis famelica, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Melipotis famelica, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Melipotis famelica, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
 Melipotis famelica ; [NACL, #8604]; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 31, f. 76
Misidentified/misapplied:
leucomelana Herrich-Schäffer, 1868; auth.

Larva on Leucaena latisiliqua

Melipotis contorta (Guenée, 1852)
Florida, Antilles. See [About maps] bistriga (Walker, 1858)
= ; [NACL, #8605]
striolaris (Herrich-Schäffer, 1868)
= ; [NACL, #8605]
Melipotis contorta, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Melipotis contorta, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Melipotis contorta, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
 Melipotis contorta ; [NACL, #8605]; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 31, f. 75
Melipotis prolata (Walker, 1858)
Melipotis prolata, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Melipotis prolata, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
 Melipotis prolata ; [NACL, #8606]
Melipotis jucunda Hübner, 1818
cinis (Guenée, 1852)
= ; [NACL, #8607]
Melipotis versabilis Harvey, 1877
= ; [NACL, #8607]
Melipotis jucunda, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Melipotis jucunda, E.H. Strickland Ent. Mus, U of [ALBERTA]
Melipotis jucunda, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Melipotis jucunda, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
 Melipotis jucunda ; [NACL, #8607]
M. j. hadeniformis (Behr, 1870)
tetrica (H. Edwards, 1878)
= ; [NACL, #8607a]
Melipotis jucunda hadeniformis, Noctuid Search (record) [NOCTS]
 Melipotis jucunda hadeniformis ; [NACL, #8607a]
Melipotis agrotoides (Walker, 1858)
agrotipennis (Harvey, 1875)
= ; [NACL, #8608]
Melipotis agrotoides, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Melipotis agrotoides, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Melipotis agrotoides, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
 Melipotis agrotoides ; [NACL, #8608]
Melipotis novanda (Guenée, 1852)
Melipotis novanda, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Melipotis novanda, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Melipotis novanda, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
 Melipotis novanda ; [NACL, #8609]
Melipotis acontioides (Guenée, 1852)
Florida, Antilles - Brazil. See [About maps] Melipotis sinualis Harvey, 1877
= ; [NACL, #8610]
Melipotis acontioides, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Melipotis acontioides, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Melipotis acontioides, Noctuid Search (record) [NOCTS]
Melipotis acontioides, The Moths of Southeastern Arizona [Bruce Walsh]
Melipotis acontioides, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
 Melipotis acontioides ; [NACL, #8610]; Becker & Miller, 2002, J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 30, f. 72

Larva on Delonix regia, Parkinsonia aculeata


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References:
[ALBERTA]
University of Alberta, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum; Browse Entomology Collection
[AUCL]
Nielsen & Rangsi, 1996; Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia; CSIRO, Australia
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAMONA]
Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[Bruce Walsh]
Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona
[HBN]
Francis Hemming, 1937; HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
[NE10]
Goater, Ronkay & Fibiger, 2003; Catocalinae & Plusiinae - Noctuidae Europaeae; Volume 10, 252pp
[NOCTS]
Noctuid Search; An Interactive Key to Identify the Noctuidae of North America; e-mail: teichlin@cdfa.ca.gov Thomas D. Eichlin; e-mail: skinnee@cdfa.ca.gov Scott A. Kinnee; Dennis E. Mayhew; Ronald E. Somerby; Charles S. Papp
[POOLE]
Poole, R. W, 1989; Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series, Fasc. 118)
[Pierre Zagatti]
WWW pages; Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles; e-mail: Pierre Zagatti

Some related literature:
Becker & Miller, 2002
The large moths of Guana Island, British Virgin Islands: a survey of efficient colonizers J. Lep. Soc. 56 (1): 9-44
Butler, 1892
Revision of the Noctuid Genus Melipotis Hübn., with Descriptions of Two new Species Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 10 (58) : 315-327
Cramer, [1777]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 2 (9-16): 1-152, pl. 97-192 (1777)
Hübner, 1818
Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 1 [1808-] 1818 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 1 : [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-32, [33-40] (post 22nd December 1818), : pl. [1-2], f. 1-12 (1808 - 1809), : pl. [3-25], f. 13-146 (1809 - 1813), : pl. [26-35], f. 147-200 (1814 - 1818)
Möschler, 1886
Beiträge zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Jamaica Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 14 (3) : 25-87, f. 1-30
Walker, 1857
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 9: 1-252 (1856), 10: 253-492 ([1857]), 11: 493-764 (1857), 12: 765-982 ([1858]), 13: 983-1236 ([1858]), 14: 1237-1520 (1858), 15: 1521-1888 (1858)

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