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Hypercompe is a genus of moths of the family Arctiidae. There are over 80 species found throughout the Americas. It has seniority over the name Ecpantheria, which was published by the same author one year later, and is therefore not a valid name (a junior synonym). They are typically large moths with white forewings heavily spotted with black, and brightly-colored abdomens which are exposed when the moth is threatened. This is a form of aposematism; they produce copious amounts of foul-smelling defensive chemicals, which they ooze from special points of weakness on the thorax, to discourage would-be predators without having to be eaten.

Species

Species include:

Recorded food plants include Brassica and Veronica
Food plant: Musa
Recorded food plants include Helianthus, Luffa and Phaseolus
Food plant: Gossypium herbaceum
Recorded food plants include Gossypium, Plantago and Solanum
Food plant: Syagrus romanzoffiana
Recorded food plants include Cissus, Citrus, Erythrina, Ipomoea, Musa, Panicum and Vanilla
Recorded food plants include Bidens, Eriobotrya, Gossypium, Hibiscus, Manihot and Ricinus
Recorded food plants include Apium, Cecropia, Cissus, Citrus, Erechtites, Erythrina, Ipomoea, Musa, Phaseolus, Psidium, Solanum, Vanilla
Recorded food plants include Beta, Brassica, Citrus, Cucurbita, Datura, Diospyros, Fragaria, Hippeastrum, Leucanthemum, Persea, Pisum, Prunus, Ricinus, Rosa, Senecio, Solanum, Spiraea and Zea
Food plant: Theobroma cacao
Recorded food plants include Lantana, Senecio and Sphagneticola

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Arctiidae

Hypercompe

 

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