Melanchra

2 species

Melanchra is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

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Melanchra is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae.

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Zebra caterpillar

Melanchra picta

The zebra caterpillar is the larva of an American noctuid moth (Melanchra picta) that feeds on cabbages, beets and other cultivated plants.The head, thorax, and forewings of adults are chestnut- or reddish-brown, usually with purplish brown mottling...

Dot moth

Melanchra persicariae

The dot moth (Melanchra persicariae) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It is a very distinctive species with very dark brown, almost black, forewings marked with a large white stigma from...