''Hypenagonia'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 of 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 ...

first described by

George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...

in 1893. The adult moths have pale brown wings with a dark band across each wing. The wingspan of these moths is about 1 centimeter.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily

Hypeninae The Hypeninae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. A notable species is '' Mecistoptera griseifusa'', Taxonomy The subfamily was previously classi ...

within either the families

Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family (biology), family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly ...

Description

Palpi of moderate length, where the second joint fringed with scaled above. Third joint minute. Frontal tuft short. Antennae annulate (ringed). Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia hairless. Forewings long and narrow. Outer margin angled at middle. Veins 7 to 9 stalked. Hindwings with highly angled outer margin at middle and excised towards anal angle. Veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked, whereas vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.

Species

*'' Hypenagonia acrocausta'' (Turner, 1944) Queensland *'' Hypenagonia angulata'' Wileman, 1915 Formosa *'' Hypenagonia anna'' Robinson, 1975 Fiji *'' Hypenagonia barbara'' Robinson, 1975 Fiji *'' Hypenagonia bipuncta'' Wileman, 1915 Formosa *'' Hypenagonia brachypalpia'' Hampson, 1912 Sri Lanka, Borneo *'' Hypenagonia brunnea'' Bethune-Baker, 1908 New Guinea *'' Hypenagonia catherina'' Robinson, 1975 Fiji *'' Hypenagonia diana'' Robinson, 1975 Fiji *'' Hypenagonia dohertyi'' Holloway, 2008 Pulo Laut in Borneo *'' Hypenagonia emma'' Robinson, 1975 Fiji *'' Hypenagonia flavisigna'' Hampson, 1912 Sri Lanka *'' Hypenagonia hefferi'' Holloway, 2008 Borneo *'' Hypenagonia henseli'' Holloway, 2008 Borneo *'' Hypenagonia leucosticta'' Hampson, 1895 Bhuta *'' Hypenagonia longipalpis'' Hampson, 1912 Sri Lanka, India, Borneo *'' Hypenagonia mediifascia'' Wileman & South, 1917 Formosa *'' Hypenagonia melalepidia'' (Hampson, 1926) New Guinea *'' Hypenagonia mesoscia'' (Turner, 1933) Queensland *'' Hypenagonia minor'' Wileman, 1915 Formosa *'' Hypenagonia nigrifascia'' Hampson, 1893 Sri Lanka *'' Hypenagonia normata'' Joannis, 1929 Vietnam *'' Hypenagonia obliquifascia'' Wileman & South, 1917 Formosa *'' Hypenagonia pallifurca'' Holloway, 2008 Borneo *'' Hypenagonia rosacea'' (Bethune-Baker, 1908) New Guinea *'' Hypenagonia subsuffusata'' Wileman & West, 1930 Formosa *'' Hypenagonia vexataria'' (Walker, 1861) Borneo *'' Hypenagonia vexatariola'' (Strand, 1920) Formosa

References

Boletobiinae Noctuoidea genera {{Boletobiinae-stub