''Hypercompe'' is a

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s in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), 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 underwin ...

erected by

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in 1819.

Taxonomy

Several species were formerly separated in ''Ecpantheria'', which is now regarded as a

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Species

The genus includes the following species: *'' Hypercompe abdominalis'' *'' Hypercompe albescens'' *''

Hypercompe albicornis ''Hypercompe albicornis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865. It is found on Cuba. Larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Helianthus'', ''Luffa'' and ''Phaseolus ''Phaseolus'' (bean, wild bea ...

'' *'' Hypercompe albiscripta'' *'' Hypercompe alpha'' *'' Hypercompe amulaensis'' *'' Hypercompe andromela'' *''

Hypercompe anomala ''Hypercompe anomala'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Hermann Burmeister in 1883. It is found in Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers ...

'' *'' Hypercompe atra'' *''

Hypercompe bari ''Hypercompe bari'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1881. It is found in French Guiana. Note: This source lists this name as a synonym of '' Hypercompe cunigunda''. References * bari Bari ( ; ; ...

'' *'' Hypercompe beckeri'' *''

Hypercompe bolivar ''Hypercompe bolivar'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1881. It is found in Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular r ...

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Hypercompe brasiliensis ''Hypercompe brasiliensis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1881. It is found in Brazil and French Guiana. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Gossypium herbaceum ''Gossypium herbaceum'', comm ...

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Hypercompe bricenoi ''Hypercompe bricenoi'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found in Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South Amer ...

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Hypercompe burmeisteri ''Hypercompe burmeisteri'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1910. It is found in Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It cov ...

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Hypercompe campinasa ''Hypercompe campinasa'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Schaus in 1938. It is found in Brazil. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Gossypium herbaceum ''Gossypium herbaceum'', commonly known as Levant cott ...

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Hypercompe castronis ''Hypercompe castronis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Embrik Strand in 1919. It is found in Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List ...

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Hypercompe caudata ''Hypercompe caudata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Texas, southern Arizona, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. The wingspan is 56 mm for males and 86 mm for fem ...

'' (Walker, 1855) *''

Hypercompe cermelii ''Hypercompe cermelii'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Watson in 1977. It is found in Venezuela. The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Gossypium'', ''Plantago'' and ''Solanum ''Solanum'' is a large and divers ...

'' *'' Hypercompe chelifer'' *'' Hypercompe confusa'' *'' Hypercompe conspersa'' *'' Hypercompe contexta'' *'' Hypercompe cotyora'' *'' Hypercompe cretacea'' *'' Hypercompe cunigunda'' *'' Hypercompe decora'' *'' Hypercompe deflorata'' *'' Hypercompe detecta'' *'' Hypercompe dissimilis'' *'' Hypercompe dognini'' *'' Hypercompe dubia'' *'' Hypercompe ecpantherioides'' *'' Hypercompe eridanus'' *'' Hypercompe euripides'' *'' Hypercompe extrema'' (Walker, 1855) *'' Hypercompe flavopunctata'' *'' Hypercompe fuscescens'' *'' Hypercompe ganglio'' *'' Hypercompe gaujoni'' *'' Hypercompe guyanensis'' *'' Hypercompe hambletoni'' *'' Hypercompe heterogena'' *''

Hypercompe icasia ''Hypercompe icasia'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. It is widely distributed in South America and is also found on Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Dominica, St. Kitts, Nevis, St. Thomas, and ...

'' *'' Hypercompe indecisa'' *'' Hypercompe jaguarina'' *'' Hypercompe kennedyi'' *'' Hypercompe kinkelini'' *'' Hypercompe laeta'' *'' Hypercompe lemairei'' *'' Hypercompe leucarctioides'' *'' Hypercompe magdalenae'' *'' Hypercompe marcescens'' *'' Hypercompe melanoleuca'' *'' Hypercompe mielkei'' *'' Hypercompe mus'' *'' Hypercompe muzina'' *'' Hypercompe nemophila'' *'' Hypercompe neurophylla'' *'' Hypercompe nigriloba'' *'' Hypercompe nigriplaga'' *'' Hypercompe obscura'' *'' Hypercompe obsolescens'' *'' Hypercompe obtecta'' *'' Hypercompe ockendeni'' *'' Hypercompe ocularia'' *'' Hypercompe ochreator'' *'' Hypercompe orbiculata'' *'' Hypercompe orsa'' *'' Hypercompe oslari'' (Rothschild, 910 *'' Hypercompe permaculata'' (Packard, 1872) many-spotted tiger *'' Hypercompe perplexa'' *'' Hypercompe persephone'' *'' Hypercompe persola'' *'' Hypercompe pertestacea'' *'' Hypercompe peruvensis'' *'' Hypercompe praeclara'' *'' Hypercompe robusta'' *'' Hypercompe scribonia'' (Stoll,

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, giant leopard moth *'' Hypercompe simplex'' *'' Hypercompe suffusa'' (Schaus, 1889) *'' Hypercompe tenebra'' *''

Hypercompe tessellata ''Hypercompe tessellata'' is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Herbert Druce in 1906. It is found in Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecua ...

'' *'' Hypercompe testacea'' *'' Hypercompe theophila'' *'' Hypercompe trinitatis'' *'' Hypercompe turruptianoides''

References

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