Hypocrita excellens | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Hypocrita |
Species: | H. excellens |
Binomial name | |
Hypocrita excellens (Walker, 1854) | |
Synonyms | |
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Hypocrita excellens is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Venezuela [1] and Guatemala. [2]
The Pyralini are a tribe of snout moths described by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. They belong to the subfamily Pyralinae, which contains the "typical" snout moths of the Old World and some other regions. The genus list presented here is provisional.
Hypena is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. These non-migratory moths overwinter as pupae and almost never estivate as adults.
Omiodes is a moth genus in the family Crambidae. Several species are endemic to Hawaii.
Cisthene is a genus of lichen moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Cyana is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. Species are well distributed in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1854.
Hypocrita is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1807.
The Aganainae are a small subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The adults and caterpillars of this subfamily are typically large and brightly colored, like the related tiger moths. Many of the caterpillars feed on poisonous host plants and acquire toxic cardenolides that make them unpleasant to predators. Like the closely related litter moths, the adults have long, upturned labial palps, and the caterpillars have fully or mostly developed prolegs on the abdomen. The Aganainae are distributed across the tropics and subtropics of the Old World.
Ourapteryx is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae. The genus was erected by William Elford Leach in 1814.
Angonyx is a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1875.
Anthela is a genus of moths of the family Anthelidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1855.
The Pericopina is a subtribe of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The subtribe was described by Francis Walker in 1869.
Hypocrita celina is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1870. It is found in Guatemala.
Hypocrita albimacula is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It is found in Costa Rica, Belize and Guatemala.
Hypocrita arcaei is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1884. It is found in Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Venezuela.
Hypocrita bicolora is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Sulzer in 1776. It is found in Panama.
Hypocrita escuintla is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1920. It is found in Guatemala.
Hypocrita simulata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Colombia.
Hypocrita speciosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Colombia.
Hypocrita temperata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Brazil and French Guiana.
Margaroniini is a tribe of the species-rich subfamily Spilomelinae in the pyraloid moth family Crambidae. The tribe was erected by Charles Swinhoe and Everard Charles Cotes in 1889, originally as family Margaronidae.