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Hypena laceratalis

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Hypena laceratalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hypena
Species:
H. laceratalis
Binomial name
Hypena laceratalis
Walker, 1859
Synonyms
  • Hypena comptalis Moore, 1885
  • Hypena acrocompsa Turner, 1932

Hypena laceratalis, the lantana defoliator, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is native to Africa (where it is known from Kenya, Socotra, Madagascar, Mascarenes) to Yemen, India and Myanmar but was deliberately introduced to Australia (where it now known from northern Queensland to Kempsey in New South Wales) via Hawaii in 1965 to control the weed Lantana camara.

The larvae feed on Lantana camara.

Development from egg to adult takes about 28 days. Adults live for about two weeks.

References

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  • Distribution: from Papillons de la Réunion: 388. ISBN 978-2-914817-07-3
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