Hypercompe
| Hypercompe | |
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| Giant leopard moth, Hypercompe scribonia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Hypercompe Hübner, 1819 |
| Type species | |
| Phalaena icasia Cramer, 1777 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hypercompe is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]The species of the former subgenus Catenina are now considered as a distinct genus.[2] Several species were formerly separated in Ecpantheria, which is now regarded as a junior synonym.
Species
[edit]The genus includes the following species:
- Hypercompe abdominalis
- Hypercompe albicornis
- Hypercompe albiscripta
- Hypercompe alpha
- Hypercompe anomala
- Hypercompe bari
- Hypercompe bolivar
- Hypercompe burmeisteri
- Hypercompe campinasa
- Hypercompe caudata (Walker, 1855)
- Hypercompe chelifer
- Hypercompe conspersa
- Hypercompe cretacea
- Hypercompe cunigunda
- Hypercompe decora
- Hypercompe deflorata
- Hypercompe detecta
- Hypercompe dognini
- Hypercompe dubia
- Hypercompe eridanus
- Hypercompe euripides
- Hypercompe flavopunctata
- Hypercompe ganglio
- Hypercompe gaujoni
- Hypercompe icasia
- Hypercompe indecisa
- Hypercompe jaguarina
- Hypercompe kinkelini
- Hypercompe melanoleuca
- Hypercompe mielkei
- Hypercompe muzina
- Hypercompe nigriloba
- Hypercompe nigriplaga
- Hypercompe obsolescens
- Hypercompe obtecta
- Hypercompe ocularia
- Hypercompe orbiculata
- Hypercompe orsa
- Hypercompe perplexa
- Hypercompe persola
- Hypercompe peruvensis
- Hypercompe robusta
- Hypercompe scribonia (Stoll, [1790]), giant leopard moth
- Hypercompe simplex
- Hypercompe theophila
- Hypercompe trinitatis
References
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- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Hypercompe Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- ↑ Laguerre, Michel (November 2023). "Generic revision of Hypercompe Hübner, [1818] and allied genera with descriptions of new genera and new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)". Faunitaxys. 11 (75). AFCFF (Association française de Cartographie de la Faune et de la Flore): 1–34. doi:10.57800/faunitaxys-11(75).