''Hypocrita'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of tiger moths 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 ...

. The genus was erected by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1807.

Species

*'' Hypocrita albimacula'' (Druce, 1897) *'' Hypocrita aletta'' (Stoll, 782 *'' Hypocrita ambigua'' (Hering, 1925) *'' Hypocrita arcaei'' (Druce, 1884) *'' Hypocrita bicolora'' (Sulzer, 1776) *'' Hypocrita bleuzeni'' Toulgoët, 1990 *'' Hypocrita caeruleomaculata'' Toulgoët, 1988 *'' Hypocrita calida'' (Felder, 1874) *'' Hypocrita celadon'' (Cramer, 777 *'' Hypocrita celina'' (Boisduval, 1870) *'' Hypocrita chalybea'' (Hering, 1925) *'' Hypocrita chislon'' (Druce, 1885) *'' Hypocrita confluens'' (Butler, 1872) *'' Hypocrita crocota'' (Druce, 1899) *'' Hypocrita dejanira'' (Druce, 1895) *'' Hypocrita drucei'' (Schaus, 1910) *'' Hypocrita escuintla'' (Schaus, 1920) *'' Hypocrita eulalia'' (Druce, 1899) *'' Hypocrita euploeodes'' (Butler, 1871) *'' Hypocrita excellens'' (Walker, 1854) *'' Hypocrita glauca'' (Cramer, 777 *'' Hypocrita herrona'' (Butler, 1871) *'' Hypocrita horaeoides'' Toulgoët, 1988 *'' Hypocrita hystaspes'' (Butler, 1871) *'' Hypocrita joiceyi'' (Dognin, 1922) *'' Hypocrita meres'' (Druce, 1911) *'' Hypocrita mirabilis'' Toulgoët, 1988 *'' Hypocrita phanoptoides'' (Zerny, 1928) *'' Hypocrita plagifera'' (C. & R. Felder, 1862) *'' Hypocrita pylotis'' (Drury, 1773) *'' Hypocrita reedia'' (Schaus, 1910) *'' Hypocrita rhaetia'' (Druce, 1895) *'' Hypocrita rhamses'' (Dognin, 1923) *'' Hypocrita rhea'' (Dognin, 1923) *'' Hypocrita rubrifascia'' (Hering, 1925) *'' Hypocrita rubrimaculata'' (Hering, 1925) *'' Hypocrita simulata'' (Walker, 1866) *'' Hypocrita simulatrix'' Toulgoët, 1994 *'' Hypocrita speciosa'' (Walker, 1866) *'' Hypocrita strigifera'' (Hering, 1925) *'' Hypocrita temperata'' (Walker, 1856) *'' Hypocrita toulgoetae'' (Gibeaux, 1982) *'' Hypocrita turbida'' (Hering, 1925) *'' Hypocrita variabilis'' (Zerny, 1928) *'' Hypocrita wingerteri'' Vincent, 2004

Former species

*'' Hypocrita phoenicides'' (Druce, 1884)

References

* ; 2010
"Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico"
''ZooKeys''. 40: 1–239. * , 2004: "Description d'une nouvelle Arctiidae d'Amérique latine, et contribution à la révision du genre ''Hypocrita'' Hübner,

807 __NOTOC__ Year 807 ( DCCCVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 807th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 807th year of the 1st millennium, the 7th year of the 9th century, and the ...

(Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Pericopinae)". ''Lépidoptères'', 2 (2): 21–26.

External links

* Pericopina Moth genera {{Pericopina-stub