Hypercompe ocularia
Species of moth
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Hypercompe ocularia, the ocularia leopard, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775.[1]
| Ocularia leopard | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Hypercompe |
| Species: | H. ocularia |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypercompe ocularia (Fabricius, 1775) | |
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Description
This moth is a translucent-white colour, patterned with numerous brown, oval rings on the forewings.[1]
Distribution
Biology
Moths of the genus Hypercompe are noxious to birds and exhibit warning colouration. When approached by a bird, these moths expose a coloured abdomen and exude noxious fluids as a defence mechanism.[1]