Lovegrass noctuid moth

Lovegrass noctuid moth
Conservation status
	; Extinct (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
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 species of moth in the Noctuidae family. It was endemic to Kauai, Oahu and Maui.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Eragrostis species.

Sources

World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Hypena plagiota. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.

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