Melipotini (Grote 1895) ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Tribe

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Taxonomy of Tribe Melipotini Grote, 1895

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	3816 189502 2439455	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	3399 186457 2415487	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	1891 142849 2048615	Families Genera Species
Order	Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths	322 33641 568299	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Glossata Fabricius, 1775 Modern butterflies and moths	208 32654 567261	Families Genera Species
Infraorder	Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918	197 32461 565431	Families Genera Species
Division	Ditrysia Borner, 1925 Butterflies, Moths, Skippers	186 32290 560864	Families Genera Species
Section	Cossina Herrich-Schäffer, 1856	74 20388 404639	Families Genera Species
Subsection	Bombyces Scopoli, 1763	66 18154 371101	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Noctuoidea Latreille, 1809 Moths, Owlet moths	25 9782 130745	Families Genera Species
Family	Erebidae Leach, 1815 Erebid Moths, Lichen Moths, Litter moths, Tiger Moths	3372 55024	Genera Species
Subfamily	Erebinae Leach, 1815 Erebine Moths	315 8258	Genera Species
Tribe	Melipotini Grote, 1895	10 206	Genera Species

Subnodes of Melipotini Grote, 1895

Genus	Boryzops Richards, 1936	8	Species
Genus	Bulia Walker, 1858	19	Species
Genus	Cissusa Walker, 1856	8	Species
Genus	Forsebia Richards, 1935	6	Species
Genus	Ianius Richards, 1939	1	Species
Genus	Litocala Harvey, 1878	4	Species
Genus	Melipotis Hübner, 1818	121	Species
Genus	Orodesma Herrich-Schäffer, 1868	23	Species
Genus	Panula Guenée, 1852	11	Species
Genus	Phoberia Hübner, 1818	5	Species

Synonyms

Metipotini (Grote, 1895)

Synedini (Forbes, 1954)

Distribution and Species lists of Melipotini Grote, 1895

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Antigua and Barbuda
1 Genus  1 SpeciesArgentina
2 Genera  12 SpeciesAustralia
1 Genus  0 SpeciesBahamas
1 Genus  1 SpeciesBelize
1 Genus  1 SpeciesBolivia
2 Genera  2 SpeciesBrazil
3 Genera  7 SpeciesCanada
4 Genera  10 SpeciesCape Verde
1 Genus  1 SpeciesChile
1 Genus  4 SpeciesChina
1 Genus  1 SpeciesColombia
3 Genera  6 SpeciesCosta Rica
6 Genera  25 SpeciesCuba
4 Genera  16 SpeciesDominican Republic
3 Genera  11 SpeciesEcuador
2 Genera  10 SpeciesEl Salvador
1 Genus  1 SpeciesFrance
4 Genera  8 SpeciesGeorgia
3 Genera  6 SpeciesGreece
2 Genera  2 SpeciesGrenada
1 Genus  2 SpeciesGuatemala
1 Genus  7 SpeciesGuyana
1 Genus  1 SpeciesHaiti
2 Genera  2 SpeciesHonduras
3 Genera  14 SpeciesIceland
1 Genus  1 SpeciesItaly
1 Genus  2 SpeciesJamaica
4 Genera  18 SpeciesLebanon
1 Genus  1 SpeciesLiberia
4 Genera  14 SpeciesMadagascar
1 Genus  1 SpeciesMexico
9 Genera  37 SpeciesNew Zealand
1 Genus  1 SpeciesNicaragua
1 Genus  1 SpeciesPanama
3 Genera  5 SpeciesParaguay
3 Genera  4 SpeciesPeru
2 Genera  4 SpeciesPortugal
2 Genera  3 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
1 Genus  2 SpeciesSaint Kitts and Nevis
2 Genera  4 SpeciesSolomon Islands
3 Genera  10 SpeciesSpain
2 Genera  2 SpeciesSuriname
1 Genus  1 SpeciesSweden
3 Genera  3 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
1 Genus  4 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
3 Genera  3 SpeciesUSA
10 Genera  40 SpeciesVenezuela
2 Genera  4 Species

Distribution on islands

Azores
1 Genus  1 SpeciesBasse-Terre Island
2 Genera  2 SpeciesMacaronesia
2 Genera  2 SpeciesSanta Cruz Island
1 Genus  2 SpeciesSanta Cruz Island (California)
2 Genera  2 SpeciesVancouver Island
2 Genera  2 Species

Links, sources and further information

Melipotini at itis.gov