Hypena
Genus of moths
Hypena
Hypena proboscidalis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Hypeninae
Genus:
Hypena Schrank , 1802
Synonyms
Erichila Billberg, 1820 Herpyzon Hübner, 1822 Bomolocha Hübner, [1825] Ophiuche Hübner, [1825] Badausa Walker, [1863] Peliala Walker, 1865 Phanaspa Walker, [1866] Plathypena Grote, 1873 Euhypena Grote, 1873 Lomanaltes Grote, 1873 Meghypena Grote, 1873 Macrhypena Grote, 1873 Mathura Moore, 1882 Apanda Moore, 1882 Hypoepa Leech, 1889 Nesamiptis Meyrick, 1899 Tomyris H. Druce, 1890 Anepischetos J. B. Smith, 1900 Ogoas H. Druce, 1890 Trichypena de Joannis, 1915 Rowdenia Nye, 1975 Jussalypena Lödl, 1994 Tetrastictypena Lödl, 1994 Extremypena Lödl, 1994 Biangulypena Lödl, 1994 Conscitalypena Lödl, 1994 Pseudodichromia Lödl, 1994 Obesypena Beck, 1996 Rosthypena Beck, 1996
Hypena 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 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.[ 1]
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 mothHypena abyssinalis Guénée, 1854 Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 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 mothHypena bijugalis Walker, 1859 – dimorphic bomolocha moth, dimorphic hypena moth, or toothed snout mothHypena californica Behr, 1870 Hypena colombana Moore, [1885] Hypena conscitalis Walker, 1866 Hypena cowani Viette, 1968 Hypena crassalis (Fabricius, 1787) – beautiful snout mothHypena cruca (Strand, 1920) Hypena cyanea (Hampson, 1893) Hypena deceptalis Walker, 1859 – deceptive hypena mothHypena 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 mothHypena 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 mothHypena 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 mothHypena lignealis Walker, 1866 Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1796) Hypena longipennis Walker, 1866 Hypena madefactalis Guénée, 1854 – gray-edged hypena moth or gray-eyed bomolocha mothHypena malagasy (Viette, 1968) Hypena manalis Walker, 1859 – flowing-line hypena mothHypena mandatalis Walker, 1859 Hypena minualis Guénée, 1854 – sooty bomolocha mothHypena 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 mothHypena obfuscalis Hampson, 1893 Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, 1813) – Bloxworth snout mothHypena 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 mothHypena 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 mothHypena quaesitalis Walker, 1859 Hypena ramstadtii (Wyatt, 1967) Hypena rostralis (Linnaeus, 1758) – buttoned snout mothHypena sabinis Lödl, 1994 Hypena saltalis Schaus & Clemens, 1893 Hypena satsumalis Leech, 1889 Hypena scabra (Fabricius, 1798) – green cloverworm moth or black snout mothHypena simplex (Lucas, 1895) Hypena sinuosa Wileman, 1911 Hypena sordidula Grote, 1872 – sordid hypena mothHypena 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
Extinct
References
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 .
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