Melipotis cellaris
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Melipotis |
Species: | M. cellaris
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Binomial name | |
Melipotis cellaris (Guenée, 1852)[1]
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Melipotis cellaris, the cellar melipotis moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Mexico (Morelos), Colombia, Venezuela, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay,[2] the West Indies and the southern United States, where it has been recorded from Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas.[3]
The wingspan is 33–35 mm. Adults are on wing year round in Texas.[4]
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