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Hypena Degasalis
''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 ''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'' (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, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 habitat This species is found in Europe in the north to the Arctic Circle. To the east it ranges across the Palearctic including North Africa, Siberia, Iran, the Altai Mountains, Kamchatka, Kashmir, India, China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. In the Alps and India, it rises to elevations of over 1600 metres. Technical description and variation The wingspan is 25–38 mm. Its forewings are grey brown with numerous dark transverse striae, and with a brownish-yellow suffusion in the females; the lines dark brown; the inner curved or bent in middle; the outer oblique, nearly straight, slightly incurved at costa, internally shaded with dark brown; the subterminal cloudy and partially interrupted, above middle marked with black white-tipped dashes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
