The Hypeninae are a subfamily of

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s in the family Erebidae. The taxon was first described by

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in 1851. A notable species is '' Mecistoptera griseifusa'', which lives solely on

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it drinks with its

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Taxonomy

The subfamily was previously classified in the family Noctuidae. Several genera that were previously classified in the subfamily have been moved to the

Rivulinae The Rivulinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1895. Caterpillars in the subfamily typically have long, barbed hairs and have full prolegs on abdominal segments 3 through 6. The adults have ...

and

Boletobiinae The Boletobiinae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae, containing about 956 species. The taxon was described by Achille Guenée in 1858. Taxonomy Phylogenetic analysis has determined that several subfamilies of the family Erebidae t ...

subfamilies of Erebidae, leaving the Hypeninae as a group of genera closely related to the type genus ''

Hypena ''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 ...

''.

Genera

*'' Aethalina'' *'' Arrade'' *'' Artigisa'' *'' Avirostrum'' *'' Britha'' *'' Calathusa'' *'' Catada'' *'' Catadoides'' *'' Colobochyla'' *'' Dichromia'' *'' Elaphristis'' *'' Epitripta'' *'' Esthlodora'' *'' Foveades'' *'' Goniocraspedon'' *'' Goniophylla'' *''

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'' *'' Hypenarana'' *'' Hypertrocta'' *'' Lophotoma'' *'' Lysimelia'' *'' Mecistoptera'' *'' Meyrickella'' *'' Naarda'' *'' Panilla'' *'' Paonidia'' *'' Parilyrgis'' *'' Paurophylla'' *'' Pherechoa'' *'' Philogethes'' *'' Prionopterina'' *'' Rhodina'' *'' Rhynchina'' *'' Rhynchodontodes'' *'' Sandava'' *'' Sarobela'' *'' Stenopaltis'' *'' Synolulis'' *'' Tigrana''

References

Moth subfamilies {{Hypeninae-stub