Hypercompe obtecta

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 obtecta

Name

Hypercompe obtecta (Dognin, 1907): 228

Type locality: [Argentina], Tucumán.

Type material: USNM Holotype male no. 30367, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Ecpantheria obtecta, Dognin, 1907 (Original combination); Hampson, 1920: 449, pl.63 fig.4
• Ecpantheria flavopunctata Schaus, 1921: 171
  • Type locality: Paraguay, [Itapua], Trinidad.
    • Type material: USNM Holotype female no. 24918, by monotypy.
• Hypercompe flavopunctata; Watson & Goodger, 1986: 29.
• Hypercompe obtecta; Watson & Goodger, 1986: 29; Vincent & Laguerre, 2014: 399.
• Hypercompe (Hypercompe) obtecta; Laguerre, 2023: 6.

References

Primary references

• Dognin, P. 1907. Hétérocères nouveaux de l’Amérique du Sud. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 51: 223–241. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hampson, G.F. 1920. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement Volume 2. Catalogue of the Lithosiadae (Arctianae) and Phalaenoididae in the collection of the British Museum: i–xxiv, 1-619. BHL, pl.42-71 [1] Reference page. 
• Watson, A. 1973. An illustrated Catalog of the Neotropic Arctiinae type in the United States National Museum (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) Part 2. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 128: 1-160. 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. [[2]] Reference page.