Melipotis fasciolaris

Melipotis fasciolaris, the fasciolated melipotis or bewitching melipotis, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from Georgia and Florida west through Texas to California, south through Central America and the Caribbean to Uruguay.[2]

Melipotis fasciolaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Melipotis
Species:	M. fasciolaris
Binomial name
Melipotis fasciolaris (Hübner, [1831])[1]
Synonyms
Aedia fasciolaris Hübner, [1831] Bolina cunearis Guenee, 1852 Bolina fuscaris Guenee, 1852 Bolina illuminans Walker, 1858 Bolina limitaris Guenee, 1852

The wingspan is 33–43 mm. Adults are sexually dimorphic, with males having a pale whitish to yellowish diagonal band in the antemedian area of the forewings, while in females the basal area of the forewings is light yellowish-brown. The rest of the forewings is dark brown in both males and females, except for a somewhat lighter subterminal area and a large pale reniform spot. The hindwings are black with a large white basal patch and white stripes along the outer margin in both the anal angle and the apical area. Adults are on wing year-round.[3]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Prosopis species. Adults are a pollinator of fetterbush lyonia.[4]