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Hypercompe alpha

Hypercompe alpha is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1881. It is found in Mexico.

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Hypercompe alpha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Hypercompe
Species:
H. alpha
Binomial name
Hypercompe alpha
(Oberthür, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Ecpantheria alpha Oberthür, 1881
  • Ecpantheria ab. alphaeoides Strand, 1919

Hypercompe alpha is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1881. It is found in Mexico.1

References

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Hypercompe alpha (Oberthür, 1881)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2019.