Biology:Hypercompe ocularia
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Short description: Species of moth
| Ocularia leopard | |
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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. ocularia
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypercompe ocularia (Fabricius, 1775)
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Hypercompe ocularia, the ocularia leopard, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.[1]
Description
This moth is a translucent-white colour, patterned with numerous brown, oval rings on the forewings.[1]
Distribution
It is found in Colombia,[2] Peru and Ecuador. This is a cloud-forest species found at elevations between about 200–1000 m.[1]
Biology
Moths of the genus Hypercompe are noxious to birds and exhibit warning colouration. When approached by a bird, these moths expose a coloured abdomen and exude noxious fluids as a defence mechanism.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hoskins, Adrian. "Moths of the Amazon and Andes Ocularia Leopard". http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Andes%20-%20Hypercompe%20ocularia.htm. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Hypercompe ocularia (Fabricius, 1775)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/hypercompe/#ocularia. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS.
Wikidata ☰ Q13310746 entry
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