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Hypercompe muzina

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Hypercompe muzina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
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 first described by Charles Oberthür in 1881. It is found from Texas and Mexico to Brazil and Colombia.[1]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Theobroma cacao.

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Hypercompe muzina (Oberthür, 1881)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2019.