Melipotis contorta

Melipotis contorta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Melipotis
Species: M. contorta
Binomial name
Melipotis contorta
(Guenee, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Bolina contorta Guenee, 1852
  • Bolina bistriga Walker, 1858

Melipotis contorta is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. It is found from Florida,[2] through Mexico and Guatemala to Brazil. It is also found in Cuba, St. Thomas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Martinique, St. Martin, St. Kitts, Antigua and Barbuda and Jamaica.[3]

Adults are on wing from January to February, in May, July and December in Florida.[4]

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