Hypercompe caudata

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| taxon = Hypercompe caudata

| authority = (Walker, 1855)

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• Ecpantheria caudata Walker, 1855
• Ecpantheria abscondens Oberthür, 1881
• Ecpantheria yukatanensis Oberthür, 1881
• Ecpantheria mexicana Oberthür, 1881
• Ecpantheria sennettii Lintner, 1884

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Hypercompe caudata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Texas,[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8147 Moth Photographers Group]. Mississippi State University. southern Arizona, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/hypercompe/#caudata |title=Hypercompe caudata (Walker, 1855) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 27, 2018}}

The wingspan is 56 mm for males and 86 mm for females. Adults are on wing in January, April, October and November.[http://bugguide.net/node/view/630206 BugGuide]