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Hypercompe simplex

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.

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Hypercompe simplex
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. 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 Cedrella, Cissus, Erechtotes, Erythrina, Ipomaea and Solanum torvum.

References

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.