NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2013

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Melipotini
  Subfamily - Erebinae
  Family - Erebidae
  Superfamily - Noctuoidea
  Order - Lepidoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Melipotis acontioides
      Species - Melipotis agrotoides
      Species - Melipotis cellaris
      Species - Melipotis contorta
      Species - Melipotis famelica
      Species - Melipotis fasciolaris
      Species - Melipotis indomita
      Species - Melipotis januaris
      Species - Melipotis jucunda
      Species - Melipotis nigrobasis
      Species - Melipotis novanda
      Species - Melipotis perpendicularis
      Species - Melipotis prolata