Hypercompe brasiliensis

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Hypercompe brasiliensis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Hypercompe
Species:
H. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Hypercompe brasiliensis
(Oberthür, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Ecpantheria brasiliensis Oberthür, 1881

Hypercompe brasiliensis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1881. It is found in Brazil[1] and French Guiana.[2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Gossypium herbaceum.

References[]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Hypercompe brasiliensis (Oberthür, 1881)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  2. ^ Toulgoët, Hervé de & Navatte, Jocelyne (2000). "Hypercompe brasiliensis (Oberthür, 1881)". Illustrated Catalogue of the Arctiidae Arctiinae and Pericopinae of French Guyana Found in the Collection of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Retrieved September 12, 2019.


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