''Hypocala'' is a

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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 of 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'') ...

first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.

Description

Palpi porrect (extending forward), triangularly scaled, and rostriform. Antennae ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia slightly hairy and spineless. Forewings with slightly arched costa towards rectangular apex. Larva with four pairs of abdominal prolegs.

Species

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Hypocala affinis ''Hypocala'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi porrect (extending forward), triangularly scaled, and rostriform. Antennae ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scale ...

'' Rothschild, 1915 * ''

Hypocala bohemani ''Hypocala'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi porrect (extending forward), triangularly scaled, and rostriform. Antennae ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scale ...

'' (Wallengren, 1856) * ''

Hypocala andremona ''Hypocala andremona'', the andremona moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in North America. The Hypocala andremona is a species of moth that is classified as Lepidoptera: Noctuidae or also commonly known as Owlet moths. ...

'' Cramer, 1784 * ''

Hypocala deflorata ''Hypocala deflorata'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is widespread from India, Sri Lanka to Africa and to Australia and many Pacific islands. Records include China, Borneo, Qu ...

'' Fabricius, 1792 * ''

Hypocala dysdamarta ''Hypocala'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi porrect (extending forward), triangularly scaled, and rostriform. Antennae ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scale ...

'' A. E. Prout, 1927 * '' Hypocala florens'' Mabille, 1879 * '' Hypocala gaedei'' Berio, 1955 * '' Hypocala genuina'' (Wallengren, 1856) * ''

Hypocala guttiventris ''Hypocala guttiventris'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in Queensland and New South Wales. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. ...

'' Walker,

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Hypocala plumicornis ''Hypocala'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi porrect (extending forward), triangularly scaled, and rostriform. Antennae ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scale ...

'' Guenée, 1852 * ''

Hypocala rostrata ''Hypocala'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi porrect (extending forward), triangularly scaled, and rostriform. Antennae ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scale ...

'' (Fabricius, 1794) * ''

Hypocala subsatura ''Hypocala subsatura'' is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found from the Oriental region to Sundaland. Adults have variable forewings, with a common and distinctive form that has an undulating grey border to the dorsum and a sim ...

'' Guenée, 1852 * ''

Hypocala tenuis ''Hypocala'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi porrect (extending forward), triangularly scaled, and rostriform. Antennae ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scale ...

'' Walker, 1866 * ''

Hypocala toana ''Hypocala'' is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. Description Palpi porrect (extending forward), triangularly scaled, and rostriform. Antennae ciliated in male. Thorax and abdomen smoothly scale ...

'' Swinhoe, 1915 * ''

Hypocala velans ''Hypocala velans'' is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1857. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Wes ...

'' Walker, 1857 * ''

Hypocala violacea ''Hypocala violacea'' is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879. It is found in the Indo-Australian tropics of India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunci ...

'' Butler, 1879

References

* * * Hypocalinae Moth genera {{Hypocalinae-stub