Hypercompe suffusa

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| image = Hypercompe suffusa (Erebidae).jpg

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| taxon = Hypercompe suffusa

| authority = (Schaus, 1889)

| synonyms =

• Arachnis suffusa Schaus, 1889
• Ecpantheria semiclara Stretch, 1906

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Hypercompe suffusa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1889. It is found in southern Arizona, western Texas{{cite web |url=http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8149 |title=930325.00 – 8149 – Hypercompe suffusa – (Schaus, 1889)|website=North American Moth Photographers Group |publisher=Mississippi State University |accessdate=August 18, 2019}} and Mexico.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/hypercompe/#suffusa |title=Hypercompe suffusa (Schaus, 1889) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=August 18, 2019}}

The wingspan is about 42 mm for males and 54 mm for females.

The larvae are polyphagous. The species overwinters in a loose cocoon. Pupation occurs in spring.{{cite web |last=Balaban |first=John and Jane |date=September 19, 2014 |url=http://bugguide.net/node/view/221251 |title=Species Hypercompe suffusa - Hodges#8149 |website=BugGuide |accessdate=August 18, 2019}}