''Hypena'' is a

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s in the family Erebidae. It was first described by

Franz von Paula Schrank Franz von Paula Schrank (21 August 1747, in Vornbach – 22 December 1835) was a German priest, botanist and entomologist. He was ordained as a priest in Vienna in 1784, gaining his doctorate in theology two years later. In 1786 he was named c ...

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 ''Hypena abyssinialis'', the streaked snout, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in many African and South Asian countries. Larval host plants are ''Lantana camara'' and ''La ...

'' Guenée, 1854 *'' Hypena albopunctalis'' (Leech, 1889) *''

Hypena amica ''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 ...

'' (Bulter, 1878) *'' Hypena angustalis'' (Warren, 1913) *''

Hypena annulalis ''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 ...

'' 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 ''Hypena assimilis'', is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1891. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Taiwan. References

Moths of Asia Moths described in 1891 Hypena, assimilis {{Hypeninae-stub ...

'' Hampson, 1891 *''

Hypena atomaria ''Hypena atomaria'', the speckled snout moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Hypena atomaria'' is 8450. References Further reading * * * atomaria ''Atomaria'' is a genus of silken fun ...

'' (Smith, 1903) *''

Hypena baltimoralis ''Hypena baltimoralis'', the Baltimore bomolocha or Baltimore hypena, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in the eastern part of the United States, west and south to Wisconsi ...

'' Guénée, 1854 – Baltimore bomolocha moth or Baltimore hypena moth *''

Hypena bijugalis ''Hypena bijugalis'', the dimorphic bomolocha, dimorphic hypena or toothed snout-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 Nova Scotia across southern Ca ...

'' Walker, 1859 – dimorphic bomolocha moth, dimorphic hypena moth, or toothed snout moth *''

Hypena californica ''Hypena californica'', known generally as the California cloverworm moth or western bomolocha, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The larvae are food specialists, feeding mainly on the ''Urtica'' species, commonly known as nettles. ...

'' Behr, 1870 *''

Hypena colombana ''Hypena colombana'', is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1855. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, I ...

'' Moore,

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

'' 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 ...

'' (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 (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ila ...

'' (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 Te ...

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

Hypena decorata ''Hypena decorata'', the decorated hypena, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide v ...

'' 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 syste ...

'' 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 town and municipality in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. L ...

'' (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 ''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 ducalis'' Schaus & Clemens, 1893 *''

Hypena edictalis ''Hypena edictalis'', the large bomolocha, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from Quebec and Maine south to Virginia and Kentucky, west to the foothills of ...

'' Walker, 1859 – large bomolocha moth *''

Hypena eductalis ''Hypena eductalis'', commonly known as the red-footed snout, red-footed bomolocha moth, or alder smoke, is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in North America from ...

'' Walker, 1859 *''

Hypena erikae ''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 ...

'' Lödl, 1994 *''

Hypena euryzostra ''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 ...

'' Turner, 1932 *''

Hypena extensa ''Hypena extensa'', is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in India and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங் ...

'' Walker,

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Hypena furva ''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, 1911 *'' Hypena fuscomaculalis'' Saalmüller, 1880 *''

Hypena gonospilalis ''Hypena gonospilalis'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found across the South Pacific, including the Cook Islands, Japan and Taiwan as well as the Australian state of Queensland ...

'' Walker, 1866 *''

Hypena griseapex ''Hypena griseapex'', is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1891. It is found in India and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங� ...

'' Hampson, 1891 *''

Hypena griveaudi ''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 gypsospila ''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 ...

'' Turner, 1903 *''

Hypena hemiphaea ''Hypena hemiphaea'' is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean ...

'' de Joannis, 1915 *''

Hypena heuloa ''Hypena heuloa'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a 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 macr ...

'' (Smith, 1905) *''

Hypena hoareae ''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 ...

'' Holloway, 1977 *''

Hypena humuli ''Hypena humuli'', the hop looper or hop vine moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Thaddeus William Harris in 1841. It is found from coast to coast in Canada south in the east to Florida and Arkansas in the ...

'' Harris, 1841 – hop looper moth or hop vine moth *''

Hypena iconicalis ''Hypena iconicalis'' is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea and Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), offi ...

'' Walker, 1859 *''

Hypena incognata ''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 ...

'' Bethune-Baker, 1908 *'' Hypena indicatalis'' Walker, 1859 *'' Hypena indistincta'' Wileman, 1915 *''

Hypena isogona ''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 ...

'' Meyrick, 1889 *''

Hypena jocosalis ''Hypena jocosalis'', is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, ...

'' Walker,

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Hypena jusssalis ''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 ...

'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Hypena kanshireiensis'' Wileman, 1916 *''

Hypena kingdoni ''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 ''Bomoloc ...

'' Viette, 1968 *''

Hypena labatalis ''Hypena labatalis'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Australia (including Queensland), India and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī La ...

'' Walker, 1859 *''

Hypena laceratalis ''Hypena laceratalis'', the lantana defoliator, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is native to Africa (where it is known from Kenya, Socotra, Madagascar, Mascarenes) to Yemen, India and Myanm ...

'' Walker,

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Hypena lignealis ''Hypena lignealis'' is a moth in the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situa ...

'' Walker, 1866 *''

Hypena lividalis ''Hypena lividalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It has an Afrotropical realm, Afrotropical and possibly Circumtropical distribution. It is known from the western parts of the Palearctic realm and the Neotropical realm. Adults are on wing y ...

'' (Hübner, 1796) *''

Hypena longipennis ''Hypena longipennis'' is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in India, China and Taiwan. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingti ...

'' Walker, 1866 *'' Hypena madefactalis'' Guénée, 1854 – gray-edged hypena moth or gray-eyed bomolocha moth *''

Hypena malagasy ''Hypena malagasy'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Pierre Viette in 1968. It is native to central eastern Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madaga ...

'' (Viette, 1968) *''

Hypena manalis ''Hypena manalis'', the flowing-line hypena, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found from Minnesota to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and Texas. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from on ...

'' Walker, 1859 – flowing-line hypena moth *''

Hypena mandatalis ''Hypena mandatalis'', is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in the Indian subregion, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Borneo, Sulawesi and Australia. Labial palpi long and held ...

'' Walker, 1859 *''

Hypena minualis ''Hypena minualis'', the sooty hypena or sooty bomolocha moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number A MONA number (short for Mot ...

'' Guénée, 1854 – sooty bomolocha moth *''

Hypena modestoides ''Hypena modestoides'' 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 sys ...

'' Poole, 1989 (=''

Hypena modesta ''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 ...

'' J. B. Smith, 1895) *''

Hypena molpusalis ''Hypena molpusalis'', is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை ...

'' Walker, 1859 *''

Hypena munitalis ''Hypena munitalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Josef Johann Mann in 1861. It is found in Turkey, the Balkans and the Armenian-Caucasian region. In the Levant it has been recorded from Lebanon and Israel. Adults are on ...

'' Mann, 1861 *''

Hypena namaqualis ''Hypena namaqualis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bou ...

'' Guenée, 1854 *''

Hypena napa ''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 napana ''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 nasutalis ''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 ...

'' Guenée, 1854 *''

Hypena neoeductalis ''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 ...

'' Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010 (=''Hypena'' (''Bomolocha'') ''eductalis'' Hampson, 1895) *''

Hypena neoplyta ''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 ...

'' Prout, 1925 *''

Hypena obacerralis ''Hypena obacerralis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found throughout Africa, the Middle East and South Asia (India, Sri Lanka) and Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional mo ...

'' Walker, 1859 *''

Hypena obesalis ''Hypena obesalis'', the Paignton snout, is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in Europe from the Iberian Peninsula through Central Europe in mountainous regions. To the east, the distribution area extends through the Palearctic to China ...

'' Treitschke, 1828 – Paignton snout moth *''

Hypena obfuscalis ''Hypena obfuscalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, ...

'' Hampson, 1893 *''

Hypena obsitalis ''Hypena obsitalis'', the Bloxworth snout, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Basin including North Africa and in the Near East and Middle East, south up to the Sahara. Further north it is a migrant which occasional ...

'' (Hübner, 1813) – Bloxworth snout moth *''

Hypena obsoleta ''Hypena obsoleta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a st ...

'' Butler, 1877 *''

Hypena occata ''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 ...

'' Hampson, 1882 *''

Hypena ophiusinalis ''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 ...

'' Mabille, 1879 *''

Hypena ophiusoides ''Hypena ophiusoides'' is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1882. It is found in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South Ch ...

'' Moore, 1882 *''

Hypena opulenta ''Hypena opulenta'' is a moth in the family Erebidae (formerly in the family Noctuidae). The species was first described by Hugo Theodor Christoph in 1877. Its reported native range expands from Eastern Europe Ukraine and Russia, south to Afghan ...

'' (Christoph, 1877) *''

Hypena orthographa ''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 ''Bomoloc ...

'' Turner, 1932 *''

Hypena palpalis ''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 ...

'' (Hübner, 1796) *''

Hypena palparia ''Hypena palparia'', the variegated snout-moth or mottled bomolocha, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Francis Walker in 1861. It is found in North America from Nova Scotia west across southern Canada to Briti ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Turner, 1932 *''

Hypena perspicua ''Hypena perspicua'' is a moth in the family Erebidae first described by John Henry Leech in 1900. It is found in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South ...

'' (Leech, 1900) *'' Hypena peterseni'' Strand, 1920 *''

Hypena poa ''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 polycyma ''Hypena polycyma'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1902. This species is known from South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar and Réunion Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, l ...

'' Hampson, 1902 *'' Hypena porrectalis'' Fabricius, 1794 *''

Hypena proboscidalis ''Hypena proboscidalis'', the snout, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae''. Distribution and habitat This species is found in Europe in the north to ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – snout moth *'' Hypena quaesitalis'' Walker, 1859 *''

Hypena ramstadtii ''Hypena ramstadtii'', or Ramstadt's hypena, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Alex K. Wyatt in 1967 and is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Hypena ramstadtii'' is 8442.1.Pohl, G.R., Patters ...

'' (Wyatt, 1967) *''

Hypena rostralis ''Hypena rostralis'', the buttoned snout, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Europe far into Scandinavia.Then through the Palearctic into Asia Minor, the Caucasus and east to Siberia. It is widespread at forest edges, forest cl ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – buttoned snout moth *''

Hypena sabinis ''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 ''Bomoloc ...

'' Lödl, 1994 *''

Hypena saltalis ''Hypena saltalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae described by William Schaus and W. G. Clements in 1893. It is found in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of Wes ...

'' Schaus & Clemens, 1893 *''

Hypena satsumalis ''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 scabra ''Hypena scabra'', the green cloverworm or black snout, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798. It is found in North America from Canada south to Florida and Texa ...

'' (Fabricius, 1798) – green cloverworm moth or black snout moth *''

Hypena simplex ''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 ''Bomoloc ...

'' (Lucas, 1895) *''

Hypena sinuosa ''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, 1911 *''

Hypena sordidula ''Hypena sordidula'', the sordid hypena or sordid bomolocha moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It is found in North America from Quebec and Maine south to northern Florid ...

'' Grote, 1872 – sordid hypena moth *''

Hypena strigata ''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 ...

'' (Fabricius) *''

Hypena strigatus ''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 ''Bomoloc ...

'' (Fabricius, 1798) *''

Hypena striolalis ''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 ...

'' Aurivillius, 1910 *''

Hypena subcyanea ''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, 1881 *''

Hypena subidalis ''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 ...

'' Guenée, 1854 *'' Hypena subvittalis'' Walker, 1866 *''

Hypena sylpha ''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, 1887 *''

Hypena taiwana ''Hypena taiwana'' is a moth of the family Erebidae The Erebidae are a 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 grou ...

'' (Wileman, 1915) *''

Hypena tenebralis ''Hypena tenebralis'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Frederic Moore in 1867. It is found in Taiwan. References

Moths described in 1867 Hypena, tenebralis {{Hypeninae-stub ...

'' (Strand, 1920) *'' Hypena toyi'' (Viette, 1968) *''

Hypena trigonalis ''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 ...

'' (Guenee, 1854) *''

Hypena tristalis ''Hypena tristalis'' is a moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. ...

'' Lederer, 1853 *''

Hypena umbralis ''Hypena umbralis'', the banded bomolocha moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Hypena umbralis'' is List of moths of North America (MONA 8322–11233), 8453. References Further reading

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'' (Smith, 1884) *''

Hypena variabilis ''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 ...

'' Druce, 1890 *''

Hypena varialis ''Hypena varialis'', is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in India and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங� ...

'' Walker, 1866 *''

Hypena vega ''Hypena vega'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Hypena vega'' is 8451. References Further reading * * * vega Vega is the brightest star in the northern Northern may refer ...

'' (Smith, 1900) *''

Hypena veronikae ''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 ...

'' Lödl, 1994 *''

Hypena verticalis ''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 ...

'' Hampson, 1910 *''

Hypena vestita ''Hypena vestita'', is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1885. It is found in India, Sri Lanka and Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the ...

'' (Moore,

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Hypena vetustalis ''Hypena vetustalis'', the tropical bomolocha moth, 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. Hodge ...

'' Guénée, 1854 *''

Hypena zillana ''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 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Hypena masurialis'': synonym of ''

Rhynchina obliqualis ''Rhynchina obliqualis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Vincenz Kollar in 1844. The type locality is Mussoorie, in the Indian Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the ...

'' (Kollar, 1844) * ''Hypena obliqualis'': synonym of ''

'' (Kollar, 1844) * ''Hypena sagitta'': synonym of ''

Dichromia sagitta ''Dichromia sagitta'' is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. It is found in India, Macau, Hong Kong, Japan and Taiwan. Biology The larvae had been recorded on ''Marsdenia'' species, '' Marsdenia ...

'' (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 ...

(''Hypena laysanensis'') *

Hilo noctuid moth The Hilo noctuid moth (''Hypena newelli'') was a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1912. It was endemic to the island of Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western ...

(''Hypena newelli'') * Lovegrass noctuid moth (''Hypena plagiota'') *

Kaholuamano noctuid moth The Kaholuamano noctuid moth (''Hypena senicula'') is an extinct moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1928. It was endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi Kauai, () anglicized as Kauai ( ), i ...

(''Hypena senicula'')

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