Hypercompe cunigunda
Species of moth
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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]
| Hypercompe cunigunda | |
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| From French Guiana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Hypercompe |
| Species: | H. cunigunda |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypercompe cunigunda (Stoll, [1781]) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The larvae have been recorded feeding on Melothria pendula.[3]