Common Names
Common Names in English:
Fasciolated Melipotis, Melipotis fasciolaris
Description
Subfamily Catocalinae
Catocaline Noctuid Moths are members of the Family Noctuidae.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Arthropods
- Class:
Insecta
()
- Insects
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Butterflies and Moths
- Family:
Erebidae
()
- Subfamily:
Catocalinae
()
- Catocaline Noctuid Moths
- Genus:
Melipotis
()
- Specific name:
fasciolaris
- (Hübner, 1823)
- Scientific name: - Melipotis fasciolaris (Hübner, 1823)
- Specific name:
fasciolaris
- (Hübner, 1823)
- Genus:
Melipotis
(
- Subfamily:
Catocalinae
(
- Family:
Erebidae
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
Notes
Name Status: Provisionally Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Beccaloni G.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Melipotis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 85 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. acontioides (Melipotis Acontioides) · M. agrotipennis · M. agrotoides (Melipotis Agrotoides) · M. albiterminalis · M. argos · M. asinus · M. bimaculata · M. bisinuata · M. bistriga · M. bivittata · M. cellaris (Melipotis Cellaris) · M. cinis · M. comprehendens · M. confusa · M. contorta (Melipotis Contorta) · M. cunearis · M. decreta · M. disturbans · M. euryphaea · M. evelina · M. excavans · M. excepta · M. famelica (Melipotis Famelica) · M. fascicularis · M. fasciolaris (Fasciolated Melipotis) · M. fuscaris · M. glaucipennis · M. goniosema · M. gubernata · M. hadeniformis · M. harrisoni · M. heliothoides · M. illuminans · M. imparallela · M. indistincta · M. indomita (Indomitable Melipotis Moth) · M. insipida · M. januaris (January Melipotis) · M. jucunda (Merry Melipotis Moth #8607) · M. leona · M. leucomelana · M. limitaris · M. limitata · M. lucigera · M. manipularis · M. marmoraris · M. mosca · M. nebulosa · M. nigrescens · M. nigrobasis (Melipotis Nigrobasis) · M. novanda (Melipotis Novanda) · M. obliquivia · M. ochreifascia · M. ochreipennis · M. ochrodes · M. parcicolor · M. parens · M. perlaeta · M. perpendicularis (Melipotis Perpendicularis) · M. producta · M. prolata (Melipotis Prolata) · M. prunescens · M. punctifinis · M. rectifascia · M. roseata · M. russaris · M. separata · M. simplex · M. sinualis · M. sphaerita · M. stolida · M. strigifera · M. striolaris · M. stygialis · M. subtilis · M. surinamensis · M. surrepens · M. tenella · M. terminifera · M. tetrica · M. trujillensis · M. tucumanensis · M. turbata · M. versabilis · M. walkeri
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Further Reading
- A catalogue, bibliographical and synonymical, of the species of moths of the lepidopterous superfamily Noctuidæ found in boreal America. with critical notes, by John B. Smith Washington, Govt. print. off., 1893. ENG url p. 326.
- Annual report / Entomological Society of Ontario. Toronto, The Society. ENG url p. 99.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 326.
- Proceedings and transactions of the Royal Society of Canada. Délibérations et mémoires de la Société royale du Canada. Ottawa [etc.]Société royale du Canada. FRE url p. 83.
- Scientific survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands / New York Academy of Sciences. New York, N.Y.: The Academy, 1919- url p. 239.
- The moth book; a popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America, by W.J. Holland with forty-eight plates in color photography, and numerous illustrations in the text, reproducing specimens in the collection of the author, and in various pu New York, Doubleday, Page & company, 1903. ENG url p. 258.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 15, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Opler, Paul A., Kelly Lotts, and Thomas Naberhaus, coordinators. 2009. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: Big Sky Institute. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ (Version of April 17, 2009).
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 15, 2008:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2604538
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-286409.0
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1686447
