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.
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| Hypena proboscidalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Hypeninae |
| Genus: | Hypena Schrank, 1802 |
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Taxonomy
editThe genus includes the former Bomolocha species.
Description
editAntennae 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.[1]
Selected species
editThe following species are included in the genus. The lists may be incomplete.
Extant
edit- Hypena abalienalis (Walker, 1859) – white-lined hypena moth, white-lined bomolocha moth
- Hypena abyssinalis (Guénée, 1854)
- Hypena abyssinialis (Guénée, 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, 1903)
- Hypena baltimoralis (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, [1885])
- Hypena conscitalis (Walker, 1866)
- Hypena cowani (Viette, 1968)
- Hypena crassalis (Fabricius, 1787) – beautiful snout moth
- Hypena cruca (Strand, 1920)
- Hypena cyanea (Hampson, 1893)
- Hypena deceptalis (Walker, 1859) – deceptive hypena moth
- Hypena decorata (J. B. Smith, 1884)
- Hypena degesalis (Walker, 1859)
- Hypena denticulata (Moore, 1882)
- Hypena depalpis Strand, 1920
- Hypena desquamata (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, [1866])
- Hypena furva (Wileman, 1911)
- Hypena fuscomaculalis (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, [1859])
- Hypena jusssalis (Walker, 1859)
- Hypena kanshireiensis (Wileman, 1916)
- Hypena kingdoni (Viette, 1968)
- Hypena labatalis (Walker, 1859)
- Hypena laceratalis (Walker, 1859) – 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 (Strand, 1920)
- Hypena poa (Strand, 1920)
- Hypena polycyma (Hampson, 1902)
- Hypena porrectalis (Fabricius, 1794)
- Hypena proboscidalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – snout moth
- Hypena quaesitalis (Walker, 1859)
- Hypena ramstadtii (Wyatt, 1967)
- Hypena rostralis (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 (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 (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, [1885])
- 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
edit- Laysan dropseed noctuid moth (Hypena laysanensis)
- Hilo noctuid moth (Hypena newelli)
- Lovegrass noctuid moth (Hypena plagiota)
- Kaholuamano noctuid moth (Hypena senicula)
References
edit- ↑ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Savela, Markku (July 26, 2019). "Hypena Schrank, 1802". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Hypena". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Hypena Schrank, 1802". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
