Melipotis januaris, the January melipotis moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae.

It was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.

The species has a wide range in the New World and has been recorded from Saint Kitts, Montserrat, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Grenada, the Greater Antilles, Florida and from Mexico to Paraguay.

[3] The larvae feed on Inga laurina.

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