Hypercompe simplex
| Hypercompe simplex | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subtribe: | Spilosomina |
| Genus: | Hypercompe |
| Species: | H. simplex |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypercompe simplex (Walker, 1855) | |
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Hypercompe simplex is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Puerto Rico, as well as on the Virgin Islands and the Lesser Antilles.[1]
The larvae feed on Cedrella, Cissus, Erechtotes, Erythrina, Ipomaea and Solanum torvum.
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