Hypercompe simplex

Hypercompe simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
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 Arctiidae family. 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

  1. ↑ Hypercompe at funet


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