Oxyptera laeta

Oxyptera laeta
Mount Totumas cloud forest, Panama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Oxyptera
Species:
O. laeta
Binomial name
Oxyptera laeta
(Walker, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Ecpantheria laeta Walker, 1855
  • Hypercompe laeta (Walker, 1855)

Oxyptera laeta is a species of moth in the family Erebidae that was first described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Panama and Venezuela.

References

  1. ↑ Laguerre, Michel (November 2023). "Generic revision of Hypercompe Hübner, [1818] and allied genera with descriptions of new genera and new species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)". Faunitaxys. 11 (75). AFCFF (Association française de Cartographie de la Faune et de la Flore): 1–34. doi:10.57800/faunitaxys-11(75).
  2. ↑ "Species page for Hypercompe laeta". Panama Insects.
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Hypercompe laeta (Walker, 1855)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2019.