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Hypercompe is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of moth
Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the Order Lepidoptera. The differences between butterflies and moths are more than just taxonomy....
s of the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Arctiidae
Arctiidae

Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, with 6,000 Neotropical species . This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths....
. There are over 80 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 found throughout the Americas
Americas

The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
. Several species were formerly separated in Ecpantheria which is now regarded as a junior synonym. They are typically large moths with white forewings heavily spotted with black, and brightly-colored abdomens which are exposed when the moth is threatened. This is a form of aposematism
Aposematism

Aposematism , perhaps most commonly known in the context of warning colouration, describes a family of antipredator adaptations where a warning signal is associated with the unprofitability of a prey item to potential predation....
; they produce copious amounts of foul-smelling defensive chemicals, which they ooze from special points of weakness on the thorax
Thorax

The thorax is a division of an animal's body that lies between the head and the abdomen.In mammals, the thorax is the region of the body formed by the sternum, the thoracic vertebrae and the ribs....
, to discourage would-be predators without having to be eaten.








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Hypercompe is a genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 of moth
Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the Order Lepidoptera. The differences between butterflies and moths are more than just taxonomy....
s of the family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 Arctiidae
Arctiidae

Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, with 6,000 Neotropical species . This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths....
. There are over 80 species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 found throughout the Americas
Americas

The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
. Several species were formerly separated in Ecpantheria which is now regarded as a junior synonym. They are typically large moths with white forewings heavily spotted with black, and brightly-colored abdomens which are exposed when the moth is threatened. This is a form of aposematism
Aposematism

Aposematism , perhaps most commonly known in the context of warning colouration, describes a family of antipredator adaptations where a warning signal is associated with the unprofitability of a prey item to potential predation....
; they produce copious amounts of foul-smelling defensive chemicals, which they ooze from special points of weakness on the thorax
Thorax

The thorax is a division of an animal's body that lies between the head and the abdomen.In mammals, the thorax is the region of the body formed by the sternum, the thoracic vertebrae and the ribs....
, to discourage would-be predators without having to be eaten.

Species

Species include:

  • Hypercompe abdominalis
Recorded food plants include Brassica
Brassica

Brassica is a genus of plants in the mustard family . The members of the genus may be collectively known either as cabbages, or as mustards....
 and Veronica
Veronica (plant)

Veronica is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Plantaginaceae, with about 500 species; it was formerly classified in the family Scrophulariaceae....
  • Hypercompe albescens
Food plant: Musa
  • Hypercompe albicornis
Recorded food plants include Helianthus
Helianthus

The Helianthus Carolus Linnaeus genus comprises 67 species and several subspecies in the Asteraceae family, all of which are native to North America, with some species ...
, Luffa
Luffa

The Luffa or Loofah/Lufah are tropical and subtropical vines comprising the genus Luffa. The fruit of at least two species, Luffa acutangula and Luffa aegyptiaca, is grown to be harvested before maturity and eaten as a vegetable, popular in Asia and Africa....
 and Phaseolus
Phaseolus

Phaseolus is a genus in the family Fabaceae of about fifty plant species, all native to the Americas.At least four of the species have been domestication since pre-Columbian times for their beans....
  • Hypercompe albiscripta
  • Hypercompe alpha
  • Hypercompe amulaensis
  • Hypercompe andromela
  • Hypercompe anomala
  • Hypercompe atra
  • Hypercompe bari
  • Hypercompe beckeri
  • Hypercompe bolivar
  • Hypercompe brasiliensis
  • Hypercompe bricenoi
  • Hypercompe burmeisteri
  • Hypercompe campinasa
Food plant: Gossypium herbaceum
Gossypium

Gossypium is a genus of 39-40 species of shrubs in the Malva family, Malvaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World....
  • Hypercompe castronis
  • Hypercompe caudata
  • Hypercompe cermellii
Recorded food plants include Gossypium
Gossypium

Gossypium is a genus of 39-40 species of shrubs in the Malva family, Malvaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World....
, Plantago
Plantago

Plantago is a genus of about 200 species of small, inconspicuous plants commonly called plantains. They share this name with the very dissimilar plantain, a kind of banana....
 and Solanum
Solanum

Solanum, the nightshades, horsenettles and relatives, is a large and diverse genus of annual plant and perennial plants. They grow as forbs, vines, sub-shrubs, shrubs, and small trees, and often have attractive fruit and flowers....
  • Hypercompe chelifer
  • Hypercompe confusa
  • Hypercompe conspersa
  • Hypercompe contexta
  • Hypercompe cotyora
  • Hypercompe cretacea
  • Hypercompe cunigunda
Food plant: Syagrus romanzoffiana
Syagrus

Syagrus is a genus of 30 to 42 species of Arecaceae , native to South America, with one species endemic to the Lesser Antilles. The genus is closely related to the Cocos, or coconut genus, and many Syagrus species produce edible seeds similar to the coconut....
  • Hypercompe decora
  • Hypercompe deflorata
  • Hypercompe detecta
  • Hypercompe dissimilis
  • Hypercompe dognini
  • Hypercompe dubia
  • Hypercompe ecpantherioides
  • Hypercompe eridanus
Recorded food plants include Cissus
Cissus

Cissus is a genus of approximately 350 species of woody climber in the grape family . They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics....
, Citrus
Citrus

Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, originating in tropical and subtropical southeast regions of the world....
, Erythrina
Erythrina

Erythrina is a genus of tropical and subtropical flowering trees in the Family Fabaceae and distributed in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide....
, Ipomoea
Ipomoea

The genus Ipomoea is the largest in the family Convolvulaceae, with over 500 species. Most of these are called "morning glory", but this can refer to related genera also....
, Musa, Panicum
Panicum

Panicum is a large genus of about 450 species of Poaceae native throughout the tropical regions of the world, with a few species extending into the northern temperate zone....
 and Vanilla
Vanilla (orchid)

Vanilla, the vanilla orchids, form a flowering plant genus of about 110 species in the orchid family . The most widely known member is the Flat-leaved Vanilla , from which commercial vanilla flavoring is derived....
  • Hypercompe euripides
  • Hypercompe extrema
  • Hypercompe flavopunctata
  • Hypercompe fuscescens
  • Hypercompe gaujoni
  • Hypercompe hambletoni
Recorded food plants include Bidens
Bidens

Bidens is a genus in the family Asteraceae. It contains about 200 species. The common names beggarticks, bur-marigolds, stickseeds, tickseeds and tickseed sunflowers refer to the achene burr s on the seeds of this genus, most of which are barbed....
, Eriobotrya
Eriobotrya

Eriobotrya is a genus of about ten species of large evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosaceae, native to east and southeast Asia....
, Gossypium
Gossypium

Gossypium is a genus of 39-40 species of shrubs in the Malva family, Malvaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World....
, Hibiscus
Hibiscus

Scientific name:Hibiscus rosa-sinensisThe Genus Hibiscus comprises plants also commonly called hibiscus and less widely known as rosemallow....
, Manihot
Manihot

Manihot is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, comprising 98 species found in tropical and warm Americas. The best known member of this genus is the cassava ....
 and Ricinus
  • Hypercompe heterogena
  • Hypercompe icasia
Recorded food plants include Apium
Apium

Apium is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution distribution in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and Australia....
, Cecropia
Cecropia

Cecropia is a genus of about 25 species of trees in the nettle family . They are native to the tropical Americas, where they form one of the most recognisable components of the rainforest....
, Cissus
Cissus

Cissus is a genus of approximately 350 species of woody climber in the grape family . They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics....
, Citrus
Citrus

Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, originating in tropical and subtropical southeast regions of the world....
, Erechtites
Erechtites

Erechtites is a genus of flowering plants in the Asteraceae known commonly as fireweeds or burnweeds. Many species are native to Australia and New Zealand....
, Erythrina
Erythrina

Erythrina is a genus of tropical and subtropical flowering trees in the Family Fabaceae and distributed in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide....
, Ipomoea
Ipomoea

The genus Ipomoea is the largest in the family Convolvulaceae, with over 500 species. Most of these are called "morning glory", but this can refer to related genera also....
, Musa, Phaseolus
Phaseolus

Phaseolus is a genus in the family Fabaceae of about fifty plant species, all native to the Americas.At least four of the species have been domestication since pre-Columbian times for their beans....
, Psidium, Solanum
Solanum

Solanum, the nightshades, horsenettles and relatives, is a large and diverse genus of annual plant and perennial plants. They grow as forbs, vines, sub-shrubs, shrubs, and small trees, and often have attractive fruit and flowers....
, Vanilla
Vanilla (orchid)

Vanilla, the vanilla orchids, form a flowering plant genus of about 110 species in the orchid family . The most widely known member is the Flat-leaved Vanilla , from which commercial vanilla flavoring is derived....
  • Hypercompe indecisa
Recorded food plants include Beta
Beet

The beet is a plant in the Amaranthaceae. It is best known its numerous cultivated varieties, the most well known of which is probably the red root vegetable known as the garden beet....
, Brassica
Brassica

Brassica is a genus of plants in the mustard family . The members of the genus may be collectively known either as cabbages, or as mustards....
, Citrus
Citrus

Citrus is a common term and genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, originating in tropical and subtropical southeast regions of the world....
, Cucurbita
Cucurbita

Cucurbita is a genus in the gourd family Cucurbitaceae first cultivated in the Americas and now used in many parts of the world. It includes species grown for their fruit and edible seeds , as well as some species grown only as gourds....
, Datura
Datura

Datura is a genus of nine species of Vespertine flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. Their exact natural distribution is uncertain, due to extensive cultivation and naturalisation throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the globe, but is most likely restricted to the Americas, from the United States south throug...
, Diospyros
Diospyros

Diospyros is a genus of about 450-500 species of deciduous and evergreen trees. The majority are native to the tropics, with only a few species extending into temperate regions....
, Fragaria
Strawberry

Fragaria is the name of a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, commonly known as strawberries for their edible fruits....
, Hippeastrum
Hippeastrum

Hippeastrum is a genus of about 70–75 species and 600+ hybrids and cultivars of bulbous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas from Argentina north to Mexico and the Caribbean....
, Leucanthemum
Leucanthemum

Leucanthemum is a genus of about 70 flowering plants from the sunflower family . The name Leucanthemum derives from the Greek words leukos, "white," and anthemon, "flower"....
, Persea
Persea

'Persea' is a genus of about 150 species of evergreen trees belonging to the laurel family, Lauraceae. The best-known member of the genus is the avocado, P....
, Pisum
Pisum

Pisum is a genus of the family Fabaceae, native to southwest Asia and northeast Africa. It contains one to five species, depending on taxonomic interpretation; the International Legume Database accepts three species, one with two subspecies :...
, Prunus
Prunus

Prunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, including the plums, cherry, peaches, apricots and almonds. It is traditionally placed within the rose family Rosaceae as a subfamily, the Prunoideae , but sometimes placed in its own family, the Prunaceae ....
, Ricinus, Rosa
Rose

A rose is a perennial plant flower shrub or vine of the genus Rosa, within the family Rosaceae, that contains over 100 species and comes in a variety of colors....
, Senecio
Senecio

Senecio is a genus of the daisy family that includes ragworts and groundsels. The flower heads are normally rayed, completely yellow, and the heads are borne in branched clusters....
, Solanum
Solanum

Solanum, the nightshades, horsenettles and relatives, is a large and diverse genus of annual plant and perennial plants. They grow as forbs, vines, sub-shrubs, shrubs, and small trees, and often have attractive fruit and flowers....
, Spiraea
Spiraea

'Spiraea' is a genus of about 80-100 species of shrubs in the Rosaceae, subfamily Spiraeoideae. They are native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with the greatest diversity in eastern Asia....
 and Zea
Zea

Zea may refer to*Zea , a genus of large grasses*Zea mays, commonly known as maize or corn*Helicoverpa zea, a major agricultural pest...
  • Hypercompe jaguarina
  • Hypercompe kennedyi
  • Hypercompe kinkelini
  • Hypercompe laeta
  • Hypercompe lemairei
  • Hypercompe leucarctioides
  • Hypercompe magdelenae
  • Hypercompe marcescens
  • Hypercompe melanoleuca
  • Hypercompe mielkei
  • Hypercompe mus
  • Hypercompe muzina
Food plant: Theobroma cacao
Cacao

Cacao , or the cocoa plant, is a small evergreen tree in the family Sterculiaceae , native to the deep tropical region of the Americas. There are two prominent competing hypotheses about the origins of the original wild Theobroma cacao tree....
  • Hypercompe nemophila
  • Hypercompe neurophylla
  • Hypercompe nigriloba
  • Hypercompe nigriplaga
  • Hypercompe obscura
  • Hypercompe obsolescens
  • Hypercompe obtecta
  • Hypercompe ockendeni
  • Hypercompe ocularia
  • Hypercompe ochreator
  • Hypercompe orbiculata
  • Hypercompe orsa
Recorded food plants include Lantana
Lantana

Lantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial plant flowering plants, native to tropics regions of the Americas, Africa and existing as an imported plant in numerous areas, especially in the Australian-Pacific region....
, Senecio
Senecio

Senecio is a genus of the daisy family that includes ragworts and groundsels. The flower heads are normally rayed, completely yellow, and the heads are borne in branched clusters....
 and Sphagneticola
  • Hypercompe oslari
  • Hypercompe permaculata
    Hypercompe permaculata

    The Many-Spotted Tiger Moth is a tiger moth of the Arctiidae family and one of more than 80 species of Hypercompe.H. permaculata is native to the Western United States and parts of Northern Mexico....
     Many-spotted Tiger
  • Hypercompe perplexa
  • Hypercompe persephone
  • Hypercompe persola
  • Hypercompe pertestacea
  • Hypercompe peruvensis
  • Hypercompe praeclara
  • Hypercompe robusta
  • Hypercompe scribonia, Giant Leopard Moth
    Giant Leopard Moth

    The Giant Leopard Moth or Eyed Tiger Moth is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is distributed throughout the Southern and Eastern United States from New England to Mexico....
  • Hypercompe simplex
  • Hypercompe suffusa
  • Hypercompe tenebra
  • Hypercompe tessellata
  • Hypercompe testacea
  • Hypercompe theophila
  • Hypercompe trinitatis
  • Hypercompe turruptianoides


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