Hypercompe ocularia
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| name= Ocularia leopard
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| taxon = Hypercompe ocularia
| authority = (Fabricius, 1775)
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- Bombyx ocularia Fabricius, 1775
- Ecpantheria cyaneator Walker, [1865]
- Ecpantheria columbina Oberthür, 1881
- Ecpantheria distans Oberthür, 1881
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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.
Description
This moth is a translucent-white colour, patterned with numerous brown, oval rings on the forewings.{{cite web |url =http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Andes%20-%20Hypercompe%20ocularia.htm |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20130402104717/http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Andes%20-%20Hypercompe%20ocularia.htm |url-status =usurped |archive-date =April 2, 2013 |title = Moths of the Amazon and Andes Ocularia Leopard | last = Hoskins |first = Adrian | website = Learn About Butterflies |accessdate = 3 February 2014}}
Distribution
It is found in Colombia,{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/hypercompe/#ocularia |title=Hypercompe ocularia (Fabricius, 1775) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=18 August 2019}} Peru and Ecuador. This is a cloud-forest species found at elevations between about 200–1000 m.
Biology
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- {{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Arctiidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}}
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