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Lovegrass noctuid moth

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Lovegrass noctuid moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Genus:
Hypena
Species:
H. plagiota
Binomial name
Hypena plagiota
(Meyrick, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Nesamiptis plagiota Meyrick, 1899
  • Nesamiptis proterortha Meyrick, 1928

The lovegrass noctuid moth (Hypena plagiota) was a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It was endemic to Kauai, Oahu and Maui but is now considered extinct.[1]

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Eragrostis species.

References

  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Hypena plagiota". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T10639A3206940. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10639A3206940.en. Retrieved 16 December 2017.


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