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Hypocala

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Erebidae

Scientific name
  
Hypocala

Higher classification
  
Hypocalinae

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Subfamily
  
Hypocalinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Hypocala

Similar
  
Hypocala deflorata, Butterflies and moths, Hypocala subsatura, Insect, Melipotis

Hypocala is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.

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Description

Palpi porrect, triangularly scaled, and rostriform. Antennae ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia slightly hairy and spineless. Fore wings with slightly arched costa towards rectangular apex. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs.

Species

  • Hypocala affinis Rothschild, 1915
  • Hypocala bohemani (Wallengren, 1856)
  • Hypocala andremona Cramer, 1784
  • Hypocala deflorata Fabricius, 1792
  • Hypocala dysdamarta Prout A. E., 1927
  • Hypocala florens Mabille, 1879
  • Hypocala gaedei Berio, 1955
  • Hypocala genuina (Wallengren, 1856)
  • Hypocala guttiventris Walker, [1858]
  • Hypocala plumicornis Guenée, 1852
  • Hypocala rostrata (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Hypocala subsatura Guenée, 1852
  • Hypocala tenuis Walker, 1866
  • Hypocala toana Swinhoe, 1915
  • Hypocala velans Walker, 1857
  • Hypocala violacea Butler, 1879

    • References

    Hypocala Wikipedia
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