''Hypena malagasy'' is a

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 ...

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

Pierre Viette Pierre E. L. Viette (29 June 1921 – 30 April 2011) was a French entomologist. He attended university in Dijon during the German occupation of France in World War II, then spent his entire career at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in P ...

in 1968. It is native to central eastern

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

. This species has a wingspan of 34 mm. The basic colour of its wings is violet brown or chocolate brown.Lödl, M. (1998). "The identity of ''Hypena'' (''Trichypena'') ''malagasy'' Viette, 1968 armatiacomb.n. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae)". ''Quadrifina''. 1: 67-71.

References

Moths described in 1968 malagasy Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa {{Hypeninae-stub