''Hampea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the
family Malvaceae. They are trees native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. There are about 21 species.
Species include:
* ''
Hampea appendiculata''
* ''
Hampea breedlovei''
* ''
Hampea dukei''
* ''
Hampea micrantha''
* ''
Hampea montebellensis''
* ''
Hampea reynae'' – Majagua
* ''
Hampea sphaerocarpa''
* ''
Hampea thespesioides''
* ''
Hampea trilobata''
Ecology
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...
whose
caterpillar
Caterpillars ( ) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).
As with most common names, the application of the word is arbitrary, since the larvae of sawflies (suborder Sym ...
s feed on ''Hampea'' include ''
Macrosoma conifera
''Macrosoma conifera'' is moth-like butterfly described by William Warren (entomologist), Warren in 1897. It belongs to the family Hedylidae. Originally it belonged to the genus ''Phellinodes''. Malcolm Scoble, Malcolm J. Scoble combined it with ...
'' and one or two
taxa of the
two-barred flasher
''Astraptes fulgerator'', the two-barred flasher, is a spread-wing skipper butterfly in the genus '' Astraptes'' which may constitute a possible cryptic species complex. It ranges all over the Americas, from the southern United States to north ...
(''Astraptes fulgerator'')
cryptic species complex.
[ (2004): Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the semitropical skipper butterfly ''Astraptes fulgerator''. '']PNAS
''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America'' (often abbreviated ''PNAS'' or ''PNAS USA'') is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal. It is the official journal of the National Academy of Scien ...
'' 101(41): 14812-14817. PDF fulltextSupporting Appendices
these were
recorded on '' H. appendiculata''.
References
Malvaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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