''Hypena'' is a

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moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family (biology), family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwin ...

. It was first described by

Franz von Paula Schrank Franz von Paula Schrank (21 August 1747, in Neuhaus am Inn, Vornbach – 22 December 1835) was a German priest, botanist and entomologist. Biography He was ordained as a priest in Vienna in 1784, gaining his doctorate in theology two years lat ...

in 1802. These non-migratory moths overwinter as pupae and almost never estivate as adults.

Taxonomy

The genus includes the former ''Bomolocha'' species.

Description

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.

Selected species

The following species are included in the genus. The lists may be incomplete.

Extant

*'' Hypena abalienalis'' Walker, 1859 – white-lined hypena moth, white-lined bomolocha moth *'' Hypena abyssinalis'' Guénée, 1854 *'' Hypena abyssinialis'' Guenée, 1854 *''

Hypena albopunctalis ''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 The genus includes the former ''Bomolo ...

'' (Leech, 1889) *'' Hypena amica'' (Bulter, 1878) *'' Hypena angustalis'' (Warren, 1913) *'' Hypena annulalis'' Grote, 1876 *''

Hypena appalachiensis ''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 The genus includes the former ''Bomolo ...

'' (Butler, 1987) *'' Hypena assimilis'' Hampson, 1891 *'' Hypena atomaria'' (Smith, 1903) *''

Hypena baltimoralis ''Hypena baltimoralis'', the Baltimore bomolocha or Baltimore hypena, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. The moth flies from April to October depending on the locatio ...

'' 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,

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Hypena conscitalis ''Hypena conscitalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. Distribution It is found throughout Africa, from Senegal to South Africa, in South and South-East Asia as well as in Australia and on some Paci ...

'' Walker, 1866 *''

Hypena cowani ''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 The genus includes the former ''Bomolo ...

'' Viette, 1968 *''

Hypena crassalis ''Hypena crassalis'', the beautiful snout, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. It is found in Europe. Distribution It is found throughout Europe except for the furthest south a ...

'' (Fabricius, 1787) – beautiful snout moth *''

Hypena cruca ''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 The genus includes the former ''Bomolo ...

'' (Strand, 1920) *''

Hypena cyanea ''Hypena cyanea'', is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island ...

'' (Hampson, 1893) *''

Hypena deceptalis ''Hypena deceptalis'', the deceptive hypena or deceptive bomolocha moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from Manitoba to Quebec, south to Florida and Tex ...

'' Walker, 1859 – deceptive hypena moth *''

Hypena decorata ''Hypena decorata'', the decorated hypena, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number A MONA number (short for Moths of North America), or Hodges number after Ronald W. Hodges, is part ...

'' J. B. Smith, 1884 *''

Hypena degesalis ''Hypena degesalis'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number A MONA number (short for Moths of North America), or Hodges number after Ronald W. Hodges, is part of a Numbering scheme, ...

'' Walker, 1859 *''

Hypena denticulata ''Hypena denticulata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882. It is found in Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a city in the northernmost region of the States and union territories of India, Indian sta ...

'' (Moore, 1882) *''

Hypena depalpis ''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 The genus includes the former ''Bomolo ...

'' Strand, 1920 *''

Hypena desquamata ''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 The genus includes the former ''Bomolo ...

'' (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,

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/small> *'' 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,

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/small> *'' Hypena jusssalis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Hypena kanshireiensis'' Wileman, 1916 *'' Hypena kingdoni'' Viette, 1968 *'' Hypena labatalis'' Walker, 1859 *'' Hypena laceratalis'' Walker,

/small> – 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 ''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 The genus includes the former ''Bomolo ...

'' (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 ''Hypena proboscidalis'', the snout, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Distribution and habit ...

'' (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,

*'' 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

Laysan dropseed noctuid moth The Laysan dropseed noctuid moth (''Hypena laysanensis'') was a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1914. This species is now extinct. This moth was endemic to Laysan Island, one of t ...

(''Hypena laysanensis'') * Hilo noctuid moth (''Hypena newelli'') * Lovegrass noctuid moth (''Hypena plagiota'') * Kaholuamano noctuid moth (''Hypena senicula'')

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External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1932416 Hypeninae Noctuoidea genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot