Hypercompe ocularia
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| Ocularia leopard | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| 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
[edit | edit source]This moth is a translucent-white colour, patterned with numerous brown, oval rings on the forewings.[1]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
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