Hypercompe muzina

Hypercompe muzina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Spilosomina
Genus: Hypercompe
Species: H. muzina
Binomial name
Hypercompe muzina
(Oberthür, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Ecpantheria muzina Oberthür, 1881
  • Ecpantheria albicollis Oberthür, 1881
  • Ecpantheris thiemei Oberthür, 1881
  • Ecpantheria depauperata Oberthür, 1881
  • Ecpantheria garzoni Oberthür, 1881
  • Ecpantheria xanthonotata Oberthür, 1881

Hypercompe muzina is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Texas and Mexico to Brazil and Colombia.[1]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Theobroma cacao.

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