Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Ecpantheria Hübner, 1820 . Verz. bekannt. Schmett. : 183.

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
NOCTUOIDEA : ARCTIIDAE : ARCTIINAE

Type-species:
Bombyx ocularia Fabricius , 1775 Syst. Ent. : 564. .

Type-species designation:
by subsequent designation by, Kirby , 1892 Syn. Cat. Lepid. Het. 1 : 216.

Type specimens:
Type(s), AMERICA: [tropical] 'meridionali'.

Notes:
Ecpantheria Hübner, [1820] 1816 was treated as a junior [subjective] synonym of Hypercompe Hübner, 1819 by Watson, 1977, Revista de la Facultad de Agronomia 9 (2) : 137.