''Hypercompe chelifer'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family Erebidae first described by

William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes (April 23, 1885 Westborough – April 12, 1968 Worcester) was an American entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera and Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the supero ...

in 1929. It is found in

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, t ...

References

chelifer ''Chelifer'' is a genus of pseudoscorpions in the family Cheliferidae. See also * ''Chelifer elegans'' is a synonym of ''Mesochernes elegans ''Mesochernes elegans'' is a species of pseudoscorpions in the family Chernetidae The Chernetid ...

Moths described in 1929 {{Hypercompe-stub