Male

St-Bartholomew, Petite Anse, 11-IV-83

Female

Martinique, Fort-de-France, 19-VII-76, coll. C. Herbulot.

Melipotis fasciolaris (Hübner, 1825)

Noctuidae Ophiderinae

Synonyms

Melipotis cunearis (Guenée)
Melipotis fuscaris (Guenée)
Melipotis limitaris (Guenée)
Melipotis illuminans (Walker)

Biology and distribution

Larva reported on Guaiacum officinale (Zygophyllaceae) in Puerto-Rico (Wolcott). This plante is now rare in the French Antilles, thus this common species probably develops on other plants.

Common everywhere in Guadeloupe and Martinique.
St-Martin, St-Bartholomew, les Saintes, la Désirade.

St-Kitts, Antigua, Montserrat, Dominica, St-Lucia, Grenada.
Throughout the Greater Antilles (Cuba, type specimen of M. cunearis).

From the south of the United States to Uruguay.

Legend

Male genitalia (JPG 80 Kb).
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