Melipotis is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1818.
Description Palpi with second joint obliquely upturned and reaching vertex of head, and long porrect third joint. Antennae with short fasciculated cilia in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Mid and hind tibia with medial and terminal tufts of long spinous hairs. Forewings with somewhat quadrate apex.
Species The following species are recognised in the genus Melipotis: Melipotis abrupta (Snellen, 1887) Melipotis acontioides (Guenée, 1852) Melipotis agrotoides (Walker, 1858) Melipotis albiterminalis (Draudt & Gaede, 1944) Melipotis asinus Dognin, 1912 Melipotis brunnearis (Guenée, 1852) Melipotis calamioides (Snellen, 1887) Melipotis cellaris (Guenée, 1852) Melipotis comprehendens (Walker, 1858) Melipotis contorta (Guenée, 1852) Melipotis decreta (Walker, 1858) Melipotis dispar (Kohler, 1979) Melipotis euryphaea (Hampson, 1926) Melipotis evelina (Butler, 1878) Melipotis famelica (Guenée, 1852) Melipotis fasciolaris (Hübner, ) Melipotis florida Troubridge, 2020 Melipotis goniosema (Hampson, 1926) Melipotis guanicana Schaus, 1940 Melipotis gubernata (Walker, 1858) Melipotis harrisoni Schaus, 1923 Melipotis imparallela (Guenée, 1852) Melipotis indomita (Walker, 1858) Melipotis januaris (Guenée, 1852) Melipotis jucunda (Hübner, 1818) Melipotis lucigera (Walker, 1858) Melipotis mesoleuca (Walker, 1869) Melipotis nigrobasis (Guenée, 1852) Melipotis novanda (Guenée, 1852) (=Melipotis agrotipennis (Harvey, 1875)) Melipotis obliquivia (Hampson, 1926) Melipotis ochrodes (Guenée, 1852) Melipotis paracellaris Angulo, 1984 Melipotis perpendicularis (Guenée, 1852) Melipotis prolata (Walker, 1858) Melipotis prunescens (Hampson, 1926) Melipotis punctifinis (Hampson, 1926) Melipotis recipiens (Walker, 1858) Melipotis roseata (Draudt & Gaede, 1944) Melipotis separata (Walker, 1858) Melipotis strigifera (Walker, 1858) Melipotis trujillensis Dognin, 1912 Melipotis tucumanensis Dognin, 1912 Melipotis walkeri Butler, 1892
Former species Melipotis albisigna (Wileman & South, 1920) Melipotis amphix (Cramer, ) Melipotis diascota (Hampson, 1916) Melipotis grandidieri (Viette, 1968) Melipotis melanoschista (Meyrick, 1897) Melipotis metaleuca (Hampson, 1896) Melipotis mimica (Gaede, 1939) Melipotis phaeocrossa (Turner, 1932) Melipotis unilinea (Swinhoe, 1885) Melipotis voeltzkowi (Viette, 1965)
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