Hypocala
Sign in to saveHypocala is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- Family
- Erebidae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, YPM, USNM, DMNS, FMNH, MIN
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Nepal, New Caledonia, Uganda, Pakistan, Vietnam, Perú, South Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hypocalinae
- Image
- Hypocala subsatura13.jpg
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- Hypocala
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Hypocala
- Commons category
- Hypocala
- has host
- Diospyros
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Hypocala is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.
==Description== Palpi porrect (extending forward), triangularly scaled, and rostriform. Antennae ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia slightly hairy and spineless. Forewings with slightly arched costa towards rectangular apex. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs.
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