Biology:Hypercompe cunigunda

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Short description: Species of moth

Hypercompe cunigunda
Hypercompe cunigunda - Guyane.jpg
From French Guiana
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Hypercompe
Species:
H. cunigunda
Binomial name
Hypercompe cunigunda
(Stoll, [1781])
Synonyms
  • Phalaena cunigunda Stoll, [1781]
  • Ecpantheria gunglio Oberthür, 1881
  • Ecpantheria cayennensis Oberthür, 1881
  • Ecpantheria cayennensis var. decipiens Oberthür, 1881

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

  1. Savela, Markku. "Hypercompe cunigunda (Stoll, [1781)"]. https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/hypercompe/#cunigunda. Retrieved 17 August 2019. 
  2. Toulgoët, Hervé de; Navatte, Jocelyne (2000). "Hypercompe cunigunda (Stoll, 1781)". http://www7.inra.fr/papillon/arct_guy/boite_11/texte/h_cunigu.htm. Retrieved September 12, 2019. 
  3. 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. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303956721. Retrieved 8 September 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13310669 entry