{{Short description|Species of moth}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Hypercompe brasiliensis | authority = (Oberthür, 1881) | synonyms = *''Ecpantheria brasiliensis'' <small>Oberthür, 1881</small> }}
'''''Hypercompe brasiliensis''''' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Charles Oberthür in 1881. It is found in Brazil<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/hypercompe/#brasiliensis |title=''Hypercompe brasiliensis'' (Oberthür, 1881) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=August 17, 2019}}</ref> and French Guiana.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Toulgoët |first1=Hervé de |last2=Navatte |first2=Jocelyne |name-list-style=amp |date=2000 |url=http://www7.inra.fr/papillon/arct_guy/boite_11/texte/h_brasil.htm |title=''Hypercompe brasiliensis'' (Oberthür, 1881) |website=Illustrated Catalogue of the Arctiidae Arctiinae and Pericopinae of French Guyana Found in the Collection of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris |accessdate=September 12, 2019}}</ref>
The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Gossypium herbaceum''.
==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Arctiidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}}
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brasiliensis Category:Moths described in 1881
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