Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Superfamily Noctuoidea Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Family Erebidae | |
Similar Melipotis, Syllectra erycata, Cydosia nobilitella, Antiblemma, Elaphria nucicolora | ||
Melipotis januaris is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. The species has a wide range in the New World and has been recorded from St. Kitts, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada, the Greater Antilles, Florida and from Mexico to Paraguay.
The wingspan is about 35 mm. It is a highly variable species. Some specimens show a strongly contrasting pattern whilst others are more uniform.
The larvae feed on Inga laurina.
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