Melipotis famelica
Distribution: tropical and subtropical America.
Type locality: Mexico.
Synonyms: Bolina bivittata Walker 1858.
E. Caribbean records: Montserrat; Nevis; Antigua; Guadeloupe; Barbados;
St. Vincent; Grenada.
Grenadines records: Union (Daudin, Nov. & July 1997); Canouan (E.U. Exp., No. 243).
Method of identification: illustrated in black and white by Richards (1939) pl. 1, figs
17 & 18 (adults) and pl. 6, fig.5 (genitalia). Adult & Genitalia illustrated in colour on website on French Antilles
Lepidoptera by Zagatti,
Lalanne-Cassou & Le Duchat d'Aubigny.
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