Hypercompe Hübner, [1819]

Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zoosystema 36 (2), pp. 137-533 : 398

Genus Hypercompe Hübner, [1819]

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Hypercompe Hübner, [1819] a: pl. [191].

Ecpantheria Hübner, [1820] b: 183. — Type species: Bombyx ocularia Fabricius, 1775 , by subsequent designation by Kirby (1892).

Catenina Burmeister, 1883: 42 . — Type species: Ecpantheria heterogena Oberthür, 1881 , by monotypy.

TYPE SPECIES. — Phalaena icasia Cramer, [1777] , by subsequent designation by China (1966).

Figures

FIG. 22. — A-H, dorsal views. A, Hypercompe icasia (Cramer, [1777]) (male syntype of its synonym, Hypercompe guadulpensis (Oberthür, 1881), Guadeloupe (BMNH)); B, Arachnis aulaea (Geyer, 1837) (male holotype of its synonym, Arachnis incarnata (Walker, 1855), Mexico (BMNH)); C, Metacrisiodes pua Dyar, 1916, holotype male, Mexico, Guerrero Mill (MNHN); D, Lafajana cupra Dognin, 1891, holotype male, Ecuador, Loja (USNM); E, Hypomolis evippus (Druce, 1898), Bolivia, Monteagudo (coll. B. V.); F, Chlorhoda rufoviridis (Walker, [1865]), holotype male, Colombia, Bogotá (BMNH); G, Palaeomolis purpurascens Hampson, 1909, syntype male, Peru, Agualani (BMNH); H, Mallocephala rubripes Blanchard, 1852 (senior synonym of Mallocephala rhodosoma (Hampson, 1907), holotype male, Chile, Temuco (BMNH)). Scale bars: 0.5 cm.