Melipotis fasciolaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Melipotis
Species:
M. fasciolaris
Binomial name
Melipotis fasciolaris
(Hübner, [1831])[1]
Synonyms
  • Aedia fasciolaris Hübner, [1831]
  • Bolina cunearis Guenee, 1852
  • Bolina fuscaris Guenee, 1852
  • Bolina illuminans Walker, 1858
  • Bolina limitaris Guenee, 1852

Melipotis fasciolaris, the fasciolated melipotis or bewitching melipotis, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from Georgia and Florida west through Texas to California, south through Central America and the Caribbean to Uruguay.[2]

The wingspan is 33–43 mm (1.3–1.7 in). Adults are sexually dimorphic, with males having a pale whitish to yellowish diagonal band in the antemedian area of the forewings, while in females the basal area of the forewings is light yellowish-brown. The rest of the forewings is dark brown in both males and females, except for a somewhat lighter subterminal area and a large pale reniform spot. The hindwings are black with a large white basal patch and white stripes along the outer margin in both the anal angle and the apical area. Adults are on wing year-round.[3]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Prosopis species. Adults are a pollinator of fetterbush lyonia.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Melipotis fasciolaris (Hubner 1831)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Melipotis fasciolaris (Hübner, [1831])". NKIS.
  3. ↑ "Species Melipotis fasciolaris - Fasciolated Melipotis - Hodges#8599 - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net.
  4. ↑ Benning, John (October 2015). "Odd for an Ericad: Nocturnal Pollination of Lyonia lucida (Ericaceae)". American Midland Naturalist. 2 (174): 204–217. doi:10.1674/0003-0031-174.2.204. Retrieved 6 June 2019.


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