| Hypercompe muzina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Hypercompe |
| Species: | H. muzina
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypercompe muzina (Oberthür, 1881)
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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
References
- Savela, Markku. "Hypercompe muzina (Oberthür, 1881)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.