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Hypercompe deflorata

Hypercompe deflorata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in Ecuador.

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Hypercompe deflorata
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. deflorata
Binomial name
Hypercompe deflorata
(Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Bombyx deflorata Fabricius, 1775
  • Ecpantheria quitensis Oberthür, 1881
  • Ecpantheria quitensis ab. confluens Oberthür, 1881

Hypercompe deflorata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in Ecuador.1

Subspecies

  • Hypercompe deflorata deflorata
  • Hypercompe deflorata quitensis Oberthür, 1881
References

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Hypercompe deflorata (Fabricius, 1775)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2019.