| Hypercompe cermelii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Hypercompe |
| Species: | H. cermelii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypercompe cermelii Watson, 1977 | |
Hypercompe cermelii is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Watson in 1977. It is found in Venezuela. [1]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Gossypium , Plantago and Solanum species.
The Arctiinae are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This subfamily includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths, which usually have bright colours, footmen, which are usually much drabber, lichen moths, and wasp moths. Many species have "hairy" caterpillars that are popularly known as woolly bears or woolly worms. The scientific name Arctiinae refers to this hairiness. Some species within the Arctiinae have the word "tussock"' in their common names because they have been misidentified as members of the Lymantriinae subfamily based on the characteristics of the larvae.
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Hypercompe albicornis is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865. It is found on Cuba.
Hypercompe bari is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1881. It is found in French Guiana.
Hypercompe beckeri is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Watson and Goodger in 1986. It is found in Argentina.
Hypercompe eridanus is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pieter Cramer in 1775. It is found in Colombia, Suriname and French Guiana.
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 Puerto Rico.
Hypercompe indecisa is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Argentina and Uruguay.
Hypercompe lemairei is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Watson and Goodger in 1986. It is found in Colombia.
Hypercompe mielkei is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Watson and Goodger in 1986. It is found in Peru.
Hypercompe obsolescens is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1916. It is found in Peru.
Hypercompe ocularia, the ocularia leopard, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.
Hypercompe simplex is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Puerto Rico, as well as on the Virgin Islands and the Lesser Antilles.
Hypercompe suffusa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1889. It is found in southern Arizona, western Texas and Mexico.