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Giant leopard moth. The giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia) is a moth of the family Erebidae. They are distributed through North America from southern Ontario, and southern and eastern United States through New England, Mexico, and south to Colombia. [2][3] The obsolete name, Ecpantheria scribonia, is still occasionally encountered.
Catenina Burmeister, 1883. Hypercompe is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1819.
Scribonia may refer to: Scribonia gens, a family in ancient Rome. Scribonia (wife of Octavian) Scribonia (wife of Crassus) Scribonia (bug), a genus in the family Pentatomidae of stink bugs. Hypercompe scribonia, the giant leopard moth.
Arctiinae. The Arctiinae (formerly called the family Arctiidae) are a large and diverse subfamily of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. [1] This subfamily includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths (or tigers), which usually have bright colours, footmen, which are usually much ...
Leopard moth. Leopard Moth may refer to: Giant leopard moth, or Hypercompe scribonia. Zeuzera pyrina, a member of the family Cossoidea. De Havilland Leopard Moth, a 1933 three seat de Havilland plane.
[Hypercompe scribonia, great leopard — probable import] Species listed in the 2007 UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) [1] are indicated by a double-dagger symbol (‡)—species so listed for research purposes only are also indicated with an asterisk (‡*).
Hypercompe decora (Walker, 1855) Hypercompe icasia (Cramer, [1777]) Hypercompe scribonia (Stoll, 1790) Lomuna nigripuncta Hampson, 1900; Lymire flavicollis (Dewitz) Mulona species; Nyridela chalciope (Hübner, [1831]) Opharus bimaculata (Dewitz, 1877) Paramulona albulata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1866) Pareuchaetes insulata (Walker, 1855)
Some species of Robinia are used as food by caterpillars of Lepidoptera, including such moths as the brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea), the buff-tip (Phalera bucephala), the engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia), the giant leopard moth (Hypercompe scribonia), the locust underwing (Euparthenos nubilis), and Gracillariidae leaf miners like ...