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Giant Lepoard moth

Hypercompe scribonia

Description:

Thank you Nacho García for helping ID her :-)

1 Species ID Suggestions

Giant Leopard Moth
Hypercompe scribonia - Female Giant Leopard Moth - Hypercompe scribonia - BugGuide.Net


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4 Comments

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 8 years ago

Claudia, Nacho Garcia confirmed that this is indeed Hypercompe scribonia, the giant leopard moth.

"Hypercompe sp." is an abbreviation for "Hypercompe species" or any species in the genus Hypercompe. :) Anyway, nice capture.

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 9 years ago

(H. scribonia, the giant leopard moth, perhaps?)

mauna Kunzah
mauna Kunzah 9 years ago

Hypercompe sp.?

ClaudiaGalindo
Spotted by
ClaudiaGalindo

Nayarit, Mexico

Spotted on Mar 25, 2015
Submitted on Apr 27, 2015

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