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Hypercompe chelifer

Hypercompe chelifer is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1929. It is found in Argentina.

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Hypercompe chelifer
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. chelifer
Binomial name
Hypercompe chelifer
(Forbes, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Ecpantheria chelifer Forbes, 1929

Hypercompe chelifer is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1929. It is found in Argentina.1

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Hypercompe chelifer (Forbes, 1929)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2019.