''Hypercompe detecta'' is a
moth of the family
Erebidae
The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
first described by
Charles Oberthür
Charles Oberthür (14 September 1845 – 1 June 1924) was a French amateur entomologist specializing in lepidoptera.
Biography
Charles Oberthür was born in Rennes, the son of the printer François-Charles Oberthür and Marie Hamelin, and brot ...
in 1881. It is found in
Brazil.
Subspecies
*''Hypercompe detecta detecta''
*''Hypercompe detecta dorsata''
(Forbes, 1929)
References
*
detecta
Moths described in 1881
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