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Hypercompe simplex

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Hypercompe simplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Arctiidae
Genus:
Hypercompe
Species:
H. simplex
Binomial name
Hypercompe simplex
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Ecpantheria simplex Walker, 1855
  • Ecpantheria obliterata Walker, 1855
  • Ecpantheria guadulpensis Oberthür, 1881

Hypercompe simplex is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Puerto Rico, as well as on the Virgin Islands and the Lesser Antilles.[1]

The larvae feed on Cedrella, Cissus, Erechtotes, Erythrina, Ipomaea and Solanum torvum.

References

  1. ^ Hypercompe at funet


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