Hypenagonia
| Hypenagonia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Boletobiinae |
| Genus: | Hypenagonia Hampson, 1893 |
Hypenagonia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893.[1] The adult moths have pale brown wings with a dark band across each wing. The wingspan of these moths is about 1 centimeter.[2]
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Hypeninae within either the families Erebidae or Noctuidae.
Description
Palpi of moderate length, where the second joint fringed with scaled above. Third joint minute. Frontal tuft short. Antennae annulate (ringed). Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia hairless. Forewings long and narrow. Outer margin angled at middle. Veins 7 to 9 stalked. Hindwings with highly angled outer margin at middle and excised towards anal angle. Veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked, whereas vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.[3]
Species
- Hypenagonia mesoscia Turner, 1933
- Hypenagonia vexataria Walker, 1861
References
- ^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
- ^ Herbison-Evans, Don; Crossley, Stella (22 July 2012). "Hypenagonia mesoscia (Turner, 1933)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Savela, Markku. "Hypenagonia Hampson, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
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