title: Melipotis contorta
text: # Melipotis contorta
  
  Melipotis contorta is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from Florida, through Mexico and Guatemala to Brazil. It is also found in Cuba, St. Thomas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Saint Martin, St. Kitts, Antigua and Barbuda and Jamaica.
  
  Adults are on wing from January to February, in May, July and December in Florida.
  
  