Hypoprepia inculta

Henry Edwards, 1882

Hypoprepia inculta is a in the Erebidae, first described by Henry Edwards in 1882. It is to the Rocky Mountain region of the United States, occurring from the Mexico border northward to southern Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota. The species is associated with bunchgrass steppe . It belongs to the Arctiinae, tribe Lithosiini, a group commonly known as lichen moths.

Hypoprepia (10.3897-zookeys.788.26885) Figures 5–6 by Palting JD, Ferguson DC, Moore W (2018) A new species of Hypoprepia from the mountains of central Arizona (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths VII. ZooKeys 788: 19-38. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.788.26885. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Hypoprepia inculta by Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes. Used under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.

Hypoprepia (10.3897-zookeys.788.26885) Figures 13–14 by Palting JD, Ferguson DC, Moore W (2018) A new species of Hypoprepia from the mountains of central Arizona (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini). In: Schmidt BC, Lafontaine JD (Eds) Contributions to the systematics of New World macro-moths VII. ZooKeys 788: 19-38. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.788.26885. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Hypoprepia inculta: /haɪ.poʊˈpriː.pi.ə ɪnˈkʌl.tə/

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Habitat

Bunchgrass steppe. This grassland is characterized by dense tufts of grasses with intervening bare ground, occurring in semi-arid conditions at moderate elevations in the Rocky Mountain region.

Distribution

United States: Rocky Mountain states from the Mexico border north to southern Wyoming and the Black Hills of South Dakota.

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Taxonomic placement

The Hypoprepia was historically placed in , which has been reclassified as Arctiinae within family Erebidae. Some sources may still reference the older classification.