Melipotis fasciolaris

Distribution: tropical and subtropical America.
Type locality: Brazil.
Synonyms: Bolina cunearis Guenee 1852; Bolina fuscaris Guenee 1852; Bolina limitaris Guenee 1852; Bolina illuminans Walker 1858.
E. Caribbean records: Guadeloupe; Dominica; Grenada; Barbados.
Grenadines records: Union (Daudin, July 1997); Bequia, Quatre, Baliceaux, Mustique, Canouan, Union, Palm, Frigate (E.U. Exp., No's 4 (female) & 6 (male).
Method of identification: illustrated in black and white by Kimball (1965) pl. 17, figs. 5 & 6. Illustrated in black and white by Richards (1939) pl. 1, figs. 23 & 24 (adult) and pl. 6, figs. 9 & 9a. Adult & Genitalia illustrated in colour on website on French Antilles Lepidoptera by Zagatti, Lalanne-Cassou & Le Duchat d'Aubigny.
Notes: this species is sexually dimorphic, as shown.

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