Hypercompe decora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Arctiini
Subtribus: Spilosomina
Genus: Hypercompe
Subgenus: Hypercompe (Hypercompe)
Species: Hypercompe decora

Name

Hypercompe decora (Walker, 1855): 190 693

Type locality: [Dominican Republic], [Distrito Nacional], S[an]to Domingo.

Type material: BMNH Holotype male by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Ecpantheria decora Walker, 1855 (Original combination)
• Ecpantheria haitensis; Oberthür, 1881: 109, pl.15 fig.5-7; = Watson & Goodger, 1986: 30; = Vincent & Laguerre, 2014: 403.
  • Type locality: Haiti.
    • Type material: BMNH One male and one female syntypes labeled Type.
• Hypercompe decora; Watson & Goodger, 1986: 30; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014: 403.
• Hypercompe (Hypercompe) decora; Laguerre, 2023: 6.

References

Primary references

• Walker, F. 1854–1855. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 583–775. BHL Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C., 1881. Faunes Entomologiques. Descriptions D'Insectes Nouveaux ou Peu Connus. Études d'entomologie 6: 1–115, pls 1–20. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hampson, G.F. 1901. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the collection of the British Museum. Volume III: Artiadae: Artianae; Agaristidae. Trustees of the British Museum, London; xx + 690 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Watson, A. & Goodger, D.T. 1986. Catalogue of the Neotropical Tiger-moths. Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology 1: 1–71. Reference page. 
• Vincent, B. & Laguerre, M. 2014. Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zoosystema 36(2): 137–533. DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1 Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Laguerre, M. 2023. Generic revision of Hypercompe Hübner, [1818] and allied genera with descriptions of new genera and new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae). Faunitaxys 11(75): 1-34. [[1]] Reference page.