Biology:Hypocrisias minima

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Short description: Species of moth

Hypocrisias minima
Least Hypocrisias Caterpillar (37482607041).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Hypocrisias
Species:
H. minima
Binomial name
Hypocrisias minima
(Neumoegen, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Halesidota minima Neumoegen, 1883
  • Halesidota armillata H. Edwards, 1884
  • Euhalisidota agelia H. Druce, 1890

Hypocrisias minima, the least hypocrisias, is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. The species was first described by Berthold Neumoegen in 1883. It is found in Mexico, southern Arizona,[1] New Mexico, and Texas .[2]

The wingspan is 31–33 mm.

The larvae feed on Viguiera dentata.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13313643 entry