Hypercompe cunigunda
| Hypercompe cunigunda | |
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| From French Guiana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Hypercompe |
| Species: | H. cunigunda
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypercompe cunigunda (Stoll, [1781])
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| Synonyms | |
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Hypercompe cunigunda is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found in French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia.[1][2]
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Melothria pendula.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Hypercompe cunigunda (Stoll, [1781])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ Toulgoët, Hervé de & Navatte, Jocelyne (2000). "Hypercompe cunigunda (Stoll, 1781)". Illustrated Catalogue of the Arctiidae Arctiinae and Pericopinae of French Guyana Found in the Collection of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
- ^ Gernaat, Hajo; Hielkema, Auke; Nijman, Elke; van Andel, Tinde (June 2016). "Host Plant and Late Larval Stages of Hypercompe cunigunda (Erebidae: Arctiinae) in Suriname". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 70 (2): 163–166. doi:10.18473/lepi.70i2.a13. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.