Hypercompe extrema

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| image = Hypercompe_extrema_(female_laying_eggs).jpg

| image_caption = Female laying eggs

| taxon = Hypercompe extrema

| authority = (Walker, 1855)

| synonyms =

• Ecpantheria extrema Walker, 1855
• Ecpantheria chilensis Oberthür, 1881

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Hypercompe extrema is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1855. It is found in Mexico, Costa Rica and possibly Chile.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/hypercompe/#extrema |title=Hypercompe extrema (Walker, 1855) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 27, 2018}}

The wingspan is about 34 mm.[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8145.1 Moth Photographers Group]. The Mississippi State University.