Melipotis jucunda, the merry melipotis moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Mexico (Yucatán, Mérida), Colombia,[2] most of the United States, western Canada and northeast Brazil.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Melipotis |
| Species: | M. jucunda
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The wingspan is 35–42 mm.[4] There are two or three generations in New Jersey and multiple generations in the southern part of the range.
The larvae feed on Salix bonplandia and Salix wrighti, Acacia species and Calliandra eriophylla.[5]
Subspecies
edit- Melipotis jucunda jucunda
- Melipotis jucunda hadeniformis (Behr, 1870) (California)
References
edit- ^ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Melipotis jucunda Hubner 1818". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016.
- ^ nkis.info
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Pacific Northwest Moths
- ^ Bug Guide