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Hypercompe detecta

Hypercompe detecta is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Charles Oberthür in 1881 and is found in Brazil.

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Hypercompe detecta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Hypercompe
Species:
H. detecta
Binomial name
Hypercompe detecta
(Oberthür, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Ecpantheria detecta Oberthür, 1881
  • Ecpantheria dorsata Forbes, 1929

Hypercompe detecta is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Charles Oberthür in 1881 and is found in Brazil.1

Subspecies

  • Hypercompe detecta detecta
  • Hypercompe detecta dorsata (Forbes, 1929)
References

References

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