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Hypena
Hypena proboscidalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Hypeninae
Genus: Hypena
Schrank, 1802
Synonyms
  • Apanda Moore, 1882
  • Anepischetos Smith, 1900
  • Badausa Walker, 1863
  • Bomolocha Hübner, 1825
  • Jussalypena
  • Lomanaltes Grote, 1873
  • Nesamiptis Meyrick, 1899
  • Ophiuche
  • Peliala
  • Phanaspa
  • Plathypena

Hypena is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family. These non-migratory moths overwinter as pupae and almost never come to bait as adults.

Taxonomy

The genus includes the former Bomolocha species.

Selected species

The following species are included in the genus. The lists may be incomplete.

Extant

Extinct

References