''Hypena'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s 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 macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...
. 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 ...
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
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Hypena abalienalis''
Walker, 1859 – white-lined hypena moth, white-lined bomolocha moth
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Hypena abyssinalis
''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 ...
''
Guénée, 1854
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Hypena abyssinialis''
Guenée, 1854
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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)
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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)
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Hypena angustalis
''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 ...
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(Warren, 1913)
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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 ''Bomoloc ...
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Grote, 1876
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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)
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Hypena assimilis''
Hampson, 1891
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Hypena atomaria''
(Smith, 1903)
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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 Wisconsin ...
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Guénée, 1854 – Baltimore bomolocha moth or Baltimore hypena moth
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Hypena bijugalis
''Hypena bijugalis'', the dimorphic bomolocha, dimorphic hypena or toothed snout-moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in ...
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Walker, 1859 – dimorphic bomolocha moth, dimorphic hypena moth, or toothed snout moth
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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.
T ...
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Behr, 1870
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Hypena colombana''
Moore, 885
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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 Oc ...
'' 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 ''Bomoloc ...
'' (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 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 for ''Hypena decorata'' is List of moths of North America (MONA 8322–11233), 8463.
References
Fu ...
'' 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 system ...
'' 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. Loca ...
'' (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 ''Bomoloc ...
'' 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
''Hypena ducalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae described by William Schaus and W. G. Clements in 1893. It is found in Sierra Leone.
See also
*List of moths of Sierra Leone
References
Hypena, ducalis
Moths of Africa
Moths described i ...
'' 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'' Walker, 1859
*'' Hypena erikae'' 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 ''Bomoloc ...
'' Turner, 1932
*'' Hypena extensa'' Walker, 866/small>
*''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
''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 ...
'' 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
''Hypena heuloa'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America.
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Hypena heuloa'' is List of moths of North America (MONA 8322–11233), 8449.
References
Further reading
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*
* ...
'' (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
''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 ...
'' Walker, 1859
*''Hypena indistincta
''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 ...
'' 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'' Walker, 859
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*'' Hypena jusssalis'' (Walker, 1859)
*''Hypena kanshireiensis
''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 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 ''Bomolo ...
'' Viette, 1968
*'' Hypena labatalis'' Walker, 1859
*'' Hypena laceratalis'' Walker, 859
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*'' Hypena lignealis'' Walker, 1866
*''Hypena lividalis
''Hypena lividalis'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It has an Afrotropical and possibly Circumtropical distribution. It is known from the western parts of the Palearctic realm and the Neotropical realm.
Adults are on wing year round. There a ...
'' (Hübner, 1796)
*''Hypena longipennis
''Hypena longipennis'' is a moth in the family Erebidae Species description, first described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in India, China and Taiwan.
The wingspan is 34–39 mm.
References
Mo ...
'' Walker, 1866
*''Hypena madefactalis
''Hypena madefactalis'', the gray-edged hypena or gray-eyed bomolocha, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found from extreme southern Canada (Quebec) to Georgia and Texas.
The wing ...
'' 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'' 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
''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 Afghani ...
'' (Christoph, 1877)
*'' Hypena orthographa'' 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 ''Bomoloc ...
'' (Hübner, 1796)
*'' Hypena palparia'' Walker, 1861 – variegated snout moth or mottled bomolocha moth
*'' Hypena parva'' (Wileman, 1916)
*'' Hypena pelodes'' Turner, 1932
*''Hypena perspicua
''Hypena perspicua'' is a moth in the family Erebidae Species description, first described by John Henry Leech in 1900. It is found in Taiwan.
References
Moths described in 1900
Hypena, perspicua
{{Hypeninae-stub ...
'' (Leech, 1900)
*''Hypena peterseni
''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 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'' 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
''Hypena quaesitalis'', is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Sri Lanka.
References
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1859
Hypena, quaesitalis
{{Hypenin ...
'' 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 clearin ...
'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – buttoned snout moth
*'' Hypena sabinis'' Lödl, 1994
*'' Hypena saltalis'' 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'' (Lucas, 1895)
*'' Hypena sinuosa'' Wileman, 1911
*''Hypena sordidula
''Hypena sordidula'', the sordid hypena or sordid bomolocha moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1872. It is found in North America from Quebec and Maine south ...
'' Grote, 1872 – sordid hypena moth
*'' Hypena strigata'' (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 ''Bomolo ...
'' (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'' Butler, 1881
*'' Hypena subidalis'' Guenée, 1854
*'' Hypena subvittalis'' Walker, 1866
*'' Hypena sylpha'' Butler, 1887
*'' Hypena taiwana'' (Wileman, 1915)
*'' Hypena tenebralis'' (Strand, 1920)
*''Hypena toyi
''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 trigonalis'' (Guenee, 1854)
*'' Hypena tristalis'' 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'' Druce, 1890
*'' Hypena varialis'' Walker, 1866
*'' Hypena vega'' (Smith, 1900)
*'' Hypena veronikae'' Lödl, 1994
*'' Hypena verticalis'' Hampson, 1910
*'' Hypena vestita'' (Moore, 885
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*'' Hypena vetustalis'' 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 ''Bomoloc ...
'' 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
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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'')
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Hilo noctuid moth (''Hypena newelli'')
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Lovegrass noctuid moth
The lovegrass noctuid moth (''Hypena plagiota'') was a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It was Endemism, endemic to Kauai, Kauaʻi, Oahu, Oʻahu, and Maui but is now consi ...
(''Hypena plagiota'')
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Kaholuamano noctuid moth (''Hypena senicula'')
References
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