January Melipotis Moth

Melipotis januaris

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae

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, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Grenada, the Greater Antilles, Florida and from Mexico to Paraguay.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 7France · 5United Kingdom · 2Argentina · 1United States of America · 1

Sources and credits

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January Melipotis Moth

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