Melipotis januaris Guenée, 1852 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Melipotis januaris Guenée, 1852

Melipotis januaris Guenée, 1852

Melipotis januaris, the January melipotis moth, is a New World erebid moth first described in 1852.

Family
Genus
Melipotis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Melipotis januaris Guenée, 1852

Melipotis januaris, commonly known as the January melipotis moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Erebidae. It was first formally described by Achille Guenée in 1852. This species has a broad distribution across the New World, with confirmed records from Saint Kitts, Montserrat, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Grenada, the Greater Antilles, Florida, and the region extending from Mexico to Paraguay. Its wingspan measures approximately 35 millimeters. The larvae of Melipotis januaris feed on Inga laurina.

Photo: (c) Lisa Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Lisa Johnson · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Melipotis

More from Erebidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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