Hypena
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| Hypena proboscidalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypeninae |
| Genus: | Hypena Schrank, 1802 |
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Hypena is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. These non-migratory moths overwinter as pupae and almost never estivate as adults.
Taxonomy[edit]
The genus includes the former Bomolocha species.
Description[edit]
Antennae minutely ciliated in male. An acute frontal tuft present. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tufts. Mid and hind tibia slightly hairy. Forewings with acute and depressed apex.[1]
Selected species[edit]
The following species are included in the genus. The lists may be incomplete.
Extant[edit]
- Hypena abalienalis Walker, 1859 – white-lined hypena moth, white-lined bomolocha moth
- Hypena abyssinalis Guénée, 1854
- Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854
- Hypena albopunctalis (Leech, 1889)
- Hypena amica (Bulter, 1878)
- Hypena angustalis (Warren, 1913)
- Hypena annulalis Grote, 1876
- Hypena appalachiensis (Butler, 1987)
- Hypena assimilis Hampson, 1891
- Hypena atomaria (Smith, 1903)
- Hypena baltimoralis Guénée, 1854 – Baltimore bomolocha moth or Baltimore hypena moth
- Hypena bijugalis Walker, 1859 – dimorphic bomolocha moth, dimorphic hypena moth, or toothed snout moth
- Hypena californica Behr, 1870
- Hypena colombana Moore, [1885]
- Hypena conscitalis Walker, 1866
- Hypena cowani Viette, 1968
- Hypena crassalis (Fabricius, 1787) – beautiful snout moth
- Hypena cruca (Strand, 1920)
- Hypena cyanea (Hampson, 1893)
- Hypena deceptalis Walker, 1859 – deceptive hypena moth
- Hypena decorata J. B. Smith, 1884
- Hypena degesalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena denticulata (Moore, 1882)
- Hypena depalpis Strand, 1920
- Hypena desquamata (Strand, 1920)
- Hypena dichromialis Strand, 1920
- Hypena ducalis Schaus & Clemens, 1893
- Hypena edictalis Walker, 1859 – large bomolocha moth
- Hypena eductalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena erikae Lödl, 1994
- Hypena euryzostra Turner, 1932
- Hypena extensa Walker, [1866]
- Hypena furva Wileman, 1911
- Hypena fuscomaculalis Saalmüller, 1880
- Hypena gonospilalis Walker, 1866
- Hypena griseapex Hampson, 1891
- Hypena griveaudi Viette, 1968
- Hypena gypsospila Turner, 1903
- Hypena hemiphaea de Joannis, 1915
- Hypena heuloa (Smith, 1905)
- Hypena hoareae Holloway, 1977
- Hypena humuli Harris, 1841 – hop looper moth or hop vine moth
- Hypena iconicalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena incognata Bethune-Baker, 1908
- Hypena indicatalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena indistincta Wileman, 1915
- Hypena isogona Meyrick, 1889
- Hypena jocosalis Walker, [1859]
- Hypena jusssalis (Walker, 1859)
- Hypena kanshireiensis Wileman, 1916
- Hypena kingdoni Viette, 1968
- Hypena labatalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena laceratalis Walker, [1859] – lantana defoliator moth
- Hypena lignealis Walker, 1866
- Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1796)
- Hypena longipennis Walker, 1866
- Hypena madefactalis Guénée, 1854 – gray-edged hypena moth or gray-eyed bomolocha moth
- Hypena malagasy (Viette, 1968)
- Hypena manalis Walker, 1859 – flowing-line hypena moth
- Hypena mandatalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena minualis Guénée, 1854 – sooty bomolocha moth
- Hypena modestoides Poole, 1989 (=Hypena modesta J. B. Smith, 1895)
- Hypena molpusalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena munitalis Mann, 1861
- Hypena namaqualis Guenée, 1854
- Hypena napa Strand, 1920
- Hypena napana Strand, 1920
- Hypena nasutalis Guenée, 1854
- Hypena neoeductalis Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010 (=Hypena (Bomolocha) eductalis Hampson, 1895)
- Hypena neoplyta Prout, 1925
- Hypena obacerralis Walker, 1859
- Hypena obesalis Treitschke, 1828 – Paignton snout moth
- Hypena obfuscalis Hampson, 1893
- Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, 1813) – Bloxworth snout moth
- Hypena obsoleta Butler, 1877
- Hypena occata Hampson, 1882
- Hypena ophiusinalis Mabille, 1879
- Hypena ophiusoides Moore, 1882
- Hypena opulenta (Christoph, 1877)
- Hypena orthographa Turner, 1932
- Hypena palpalis (Hübner, 1796)
- Hypena palparia Walker, 1861 – variegated snout moth or mottled bomolocha moth
- Hypena parva (Wileman, 1916)
- Hypena pelodes Turner, 1932
- Hypena perspicua (Leech, 1900)
- Hypena peterseni Strand, 1920
- Hypena poa Strand, 1920
- Hypena polycyma Hampson, 1902
- Hypena porrectalis Fabricius, 1794
- Hypena proboscidalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – snout moth
- Hypena quaesitalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena ramstadtii (Wyatt, 1967)
- Hypena rostralis (Linnaeus, 1758) – buttoned snout moth
- Hypena sabinis Lödl, 1994
- Hypena saltalis Schaus & Clemens, 1893
- Hypena satsumalis Leech, 1889
- Hypena scabra (Fabricius, 1798) – green cloverworm moth or black snout moth
- Hypena simplex (Lucas, 1895)
- Hypena sinuosa Wileman, 1911
- Hypena sordidula Grote, 1872 – sordid hypena moth
- Hypena strigata (Fabricius)
- Hypena strigatus (Fabricius, 1798)
- Hypena striolalis Aurivillius, 1910
- Hypena subcyanea Butler, 1881
- Hypena subidalis Guenée, 1854
- Hypena subvittalis Walker, 1866
- Hypena sylpha Butler, 1887
- Hypena taiwana (Wileman, 1915)
- Hypena tenebralis (Strand, 1920)
- Hypena toyi (Viette, 1968)
- Hypena trigonalis (Guenee, 1854)
- Hypena tristalis Lederer, 1853
- Hypena umbralis (Smith, 1884)
- Hypena variabilis Druce, 1890
- Hypena varialis Walker, 1866
- Hypena vega (Smith, 1900)
- Hypena veronikae Lödl, 1994
- Hypena verticalis Hampson, 1910
- Hypena vestita (Moore, [1885])
- Hypena vetustalis Guénée, 1854
- Hypena zillana Strand, 1920
- Species brought into synonymy
- Hypena masurialis: synonym of Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844)
- Hypena obliqualis: synonym of Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844)
- Hypena sagitta: synonym of Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius, 1775)
Extinct[edit]
- Laysan dropseed noctuid moth (Hypena laysanensis)
- Hilo noctuid moth (Hypena newelli)
- Lovegrass noctuid moth (Hypena plagiota)
- Kaholuamano noctuid moth (Hypena senicula)
References[edit]
- ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Savela, Markku (July 26, 2019). "Hypena Schrank, 1802". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Hypena Schrank, 1802". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
