Hypercompe
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Hypercompe is a genus of moths of the family Arctiidae. There are over 80 species found throughout the Americas. It has seniority over the name Ecpantheria, which was published by the same author one year later, and is therefore not a valid name (a junior synonym). They are typically large moths with white forewings heavily spotted with black, and brightly-colored abdomens which are exposed when the moth is threatened. This is a form of aposematism; they produce copious amounts of foul-smelling defensive chemicals, which they ooze from special points of weakness on the thorax, to discourage would-be predators without having to be eaten.
Species
Species include:
- Recorded food plants include Brassica and Veronica
Hypercompe albescensFood plant: Musa
Hypercompe albicornisRecorded food plants include Helianthus, Luffa and Phaseolus
Hypercompe albiscriptaHypercompe alphaHypercompe amulaensisHypercompe andromelaHypercompe anomalaHypercompe atraHypercompe bariHypercompe beckeriHypercompe bolivarHypercompe brasiliensisHypercompe bricenoiHypercompe burmeisteriHypercompe campinasaFood plant: Gossypium herbaceum
Hypercompe castronisHypercompe caudataHypercompe cermelliiRecorded food plants include Gossypium, Plantago and Solanum
Hypercompe cheliferHypercompe confusaHypercompe conspersaHypercompe contextaHypercompe cotyoraHypercompe cretaceaHypercompe cunigundaFood plant: Syagrus romanzoffiana
Hypercompe decoraHypercompe deflorataHypercompe detectaHypercompe dissimilisHypercompe dogniniHypercompe dubiaHypercompe ecpantherioidesHypercompe eridanusRecorded food plants include Cissus, Citrus, Erythrina, Ipomoea, Musa, Panicum and Vanilla
Hypercompe euripidesHypercompe extremaHypercompe flavopunctataHypercompe fuscescensHypercompe gaujoniHypercompe hambletoniRecorded food plants include Bidens, Eriobotrya, Gossypium, Hibiscus, Manihot and Ricinus
Hypercompe heterogenaHypercompe icasiaRecorded food plants include Apium, Cecropia, Cissus, Citrus, Erechtites, Erythrina, Ipomoea, Musa, Phaseolus, Psidium, Solanum, Vanilla
Hypercompe indecisaRecorded food plants include Beta, Brassica, Citrus, Cucurbita, Datura, Diospyros, Fragaria, Hippeastrum, Leucanthemum, Persea, Pisum, Prunus, Ricinus, Rosa, Senecio, Solanum, Spiraea and Zea
Hypercompe jaguarinaHypercompe kennedyiHypercompe kinkeliniHypercompe laetaHypercompe lemaireiHypercompe leucarctioidesHypercompe magdelenaeHypercompe marcescensHypercompe melanoleucaHypercompe mielkeiHypercompe musHypercompe muzinaFood plant: Theobroma cacao
Hypercompe nemophilaHypercompe neurophyllaHypercompe nigrilobaHypercompe nigriplagaHypercompe obscuraHypercompe obsolescensHypercompe obtectaHypercompe ockendeniHypercompe oculariaHypercompe ochreatorHypercompe orbiculataHypercompe orsaRecorded food plants include Lantana, Senecio and Sphagneticola
Hypercompe oslariHypercompe permaculata Many-spotted TigerHypercompe perplexaHypercompe persephoneHypercompe persolaHypercompe pertestaceaHypercompe peruvensisHypercompe praeclaraHypercompe robustaHypercompe scribonia, Giant Leopard Moth (sometimes placed in genus Ecpantheria)Hypercompe simplexHypercompe suffusaHypercompe tenebraHypercompe tessellataHypercompe testaceaHypercompe theophilaHypercompe trinitatisHypercompe turruptianoides
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