Hypercompe simplex

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Hypercompe simplex
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Hypercompe
Species:
H. simplex
Binomial name
Hypercompe simplex
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Ecpantheria simplex Walker, 1855
  • Ecpantheria obliterata Walker, 1855
  • Ecpantheria guadulpensis Oberthür, 1881

Hypercompe simplex is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Puerto Rico, as well as on the Virgin Islands and the Lesser Antilles.[1]

The larvae feed on , Cissus, , Erythrina, Ipomaea and Solanum torvum.

References[]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Hypercompe icasia (Cramer, [1777])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 18, 2019. Note: This source places Hypercompe simplex as a synonym of Hypercompe icasia.


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