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Indomitable Melipotis Moth

Melipotis indomita

Photo by LaurenZarate
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Dark moth with yellow bands on the wings, 1.5 cm long, underwings are a yellow-grey with a dark grey band. The specimen from the second picture was photographed in the same place on 31 March 2013, Pictures 3 and 4 show the color of the underwings and were taken in the same place on 30 June 2013. The 5th picture was taken in the same place on 19 October 2014.

Habitat:

Came to the parking lights of a shopping mall, San Cristobal de Las Casas, 2,200 meters.

Reference Links:

Melipotis indomita, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility

Species ID Suggestions

Indomitable Melipotis

Melipotis indomita

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bayucca
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Comments (7)
LaurenZarate
This would look great on you and then you would also be Indomitable! :D
Adarsha B S
Great ! i would like to buy a shirt with this color :)
LaurenZarate
Thank you bayucca, I added the two specimens with the wings open to this spotting to combine all the specimens for this species. I seem to have propensity to keep photographing this moth! :D
LaurenZarate
Thank you bayucca. You were right, there was another one in my collection. I deleted the spotting and added the picture to this one. There is also another Melipotis you identified for me: Melipotis fasciolaris. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/21586116/fullscreen.
bayucca
Erebidae, Erebinae, Melipotini, Melipotis indomita. I think you should already have one in your stream, which I IDed a long time ago...

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PublishedMay 18, 2013

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