Larva and Pupa of the Little-Known Neotropical Moth Melipotis walkeri (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)

Sebastián Espinoza-Donoso; Marcelo Vargas-Ortiz; Héctor A. Vargas; Andrés O. Angulo

doi:10.18473/lepi.72i4.a5

Larva and Pupa of the Little-Known Neotropical Moth Melipotis walkeri (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)

Sebastián Espinoza-Donoso
, Marcelo Vargas-Ortiz
, Héctor A. Vargas
, Andrés O. Angulo

Department of Environmental Resources

Universidad de Tarapacá
Universidad de Concepción

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Abstract

The external morphology of the last larval instar and pupa of Melipotis walkeri Butler, 1892 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) are described and illustrated based on specimens collected in the coastal valleys of the Atacama Desert of northern Chile on Acacia macracantha Willd. (Fabaceae). The morphology of the two life stages enables M. walkeri to be distinguished easily from the sympatric M. cellaris.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	276-283
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
Volume	72
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.72i4.a5
State	Published - Nov 2018

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Prosopis tamarugo

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Larva and Pupa of the Little-Known Neotropical Moth Melipotis walkeri (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)

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