''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 ch ...

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 ''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 *'' Hypena abyssinialis'' Guenée, 1854 *''

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) *''

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 ''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 ...

'' (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'' Hampson, 1891 *'' Hypena atomaria'' (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'' Walker, 1859 – dimorphic bomolocha moth, dimorphic hypena moth, or toothed snout moth *'' Hypena californica'' Behr, 1870 *'' Hypena colombana'' 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 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 ...

'' (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 Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exet ...

'' (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. 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 par ...

'' 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 syst ...

'' 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. Lo ...

'' (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'' Strand, 1920 *'' Hypena ducalis'' Schaus & Clemens, 1893 *'' Hypena edictalis'' Walker, 1859 – large bomolocha moth *'' Hypena eductalis'' Walker, 1859 *'' Hypena erikae'' Lödl, 1994 *'' Hypena euryzostra'' 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'' (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'' Walker, 1859 *'' Hypena indistincta'' Wileman, 1915 *'' Hypena isogona'' Meyrick, 1889 *'' Hypena jocosalis'' Walker,

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/small> *'' Hypena jusssalis'' (Walker, 1859) *'' Hypena kanshireiensis'' Wileman, 1916 *'' Hypena kingdoni'' Viette, 1968 *'' Hypena labatalis'' Walker, 1859 *'' Hypena laceratalis'' Walker,

/small> – lantana defoliator moth *'' Hypena lignealis'' Walker, 1866 *'' Hypena lividalis'' (Hübner, 1796) *'' Hypena longipennis'' Walker, 1866 *'' Hypena madefactalis'' Guénée, 1854 – gray-edged hypena moth or gray-eyed bomolocha moth *'' Hypena malagasy'' (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'' (Christoph, 1877) *'' Hypena orthographa'' Turner, 1932 *'' Hypena palpalis'' (Hübner, 1796) *'' Hypena palparia'' Walker, 1861 – variegated snout moth or mottled bomolocha moth *'' Hypena parva'' (Wileman, 1916) *'' Hypena pelodes'' Turner, 1932 *'' Hypena perspicua'' (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'' 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'' Walker, 1859 *'' Hypena ramstadtii'' (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'' Leech, 1889 *'' Hypena scabra'' (Fabricius, 1798) – green cloverworm moth or black snout moth *'' Hypena simplex'' (Lucas, 1895) *'' Hypena sinuosa'' Wileman, 1911 *'' Hypena sordidula'' 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'' 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'' (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,

*'' Hypena vetustalis'' Guénée, 1854 *'' Hypena zillana'' 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

* Laysan dropseed noctuid moth (''Hypena laysanensis'') * Hilo noctuid moth (''Hypena newelli'') * Lovegrass noctuid moth (''Hypena plagiota'') * Kaholuamano noctuid moth (''Hypena senicula'')

References

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External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q1932416 Hypeninae Noctuoidea genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot