Hypercompe icasia Cramer, 1777 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Hypercompe icasia Cramer, 1777

Hypercompe icasia Cramer, 1777

Hypercompe icasia is an erebid moth first described in 1777, found in South America and Caribbean islands, whose larvae feed on many plant genera.

Family
Genus
Hypercompe
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Hypercompe icasia Cramer, 1777

Hypercompe icasia is a moth species that belongs to the family Erebidae. It was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. This moth has a wide distribution across South America, and it can also be found on the islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin, Dominica, St. Kitts, Nevis, St. Thomas, and Puerto Rico. Recorded host plants for the larvae of Hypercompe icasia include species from the genera Apium, Cecropia, Cissus, Citrus, Erechtites, Erythrina, Ipomoea, Musa, Phaseolus, Psidium, Solanum, and Vanilla.

Photo: (c) Pete Woodall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Pete Woodall · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Hypercompe

More from Erebidae

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