Hypercompe cunigunda explained

Hypercompe cunigunda is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Caspar Stoll in 1781. It is found in French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia.[1] [2]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Melothria pendula.[3]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . Hypercompe cunigunda (Stoll, [1781]) ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . 17 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Toulgoët . Hervé de . Navatte . Jocelyne . amp . 2000 . Hypercompe cunigunda (Stoll, 1781) . Illustrated Catalogue of the Arctiidae Arctiinae and Pericopinae of French Guyana Found in the Collection of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris . September 12, 2019.
  3. Gernaat . Hajo . Hielkema . Auke . Nijman . Elke . van Andel . Tinde . June 2016 . Host Plant and Late Larval Stages of Hypercompe cunigunda (Erebidae: Arctiinae) in Suriname . Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society . 70 . 2 . 163–166 . 10.18473/lepi.70i2.a13 . 8 September 2018.

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