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Hypercompe icasia

Hypercompe icasia
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hypercompe
Species: H. icasia
Binomial name
Hypercompe icasia
(Cramer, [1777])
Synonyms
  • Phalaena icasia Cramer, [1777]
  • Bombyx lantanae Fabricius, 1793
  • Hypercombe eridane Hübner, [1819]

Hypercompe icasia is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is widely distributed in South America and is also found on Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Martin, Dominica, St. Kitts, Nevis, St. Thomas and Puerto Rico.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Apium, Cecropia, Cissus, Citrus, Erechtites, Erythrina, Ipomoea, Musa, Phaseolus, Psidium, Solanum, Vanilla species.



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