Hypena
Encyclopedia
Hypena is a genus
of moth
s in the Noctuidae
family. This genus includes the former Bomolocha species. These are not migratory, overwinter as pupae and are among the few Noctuidae species that almost never come to bait.
Extinct species (incomplete):
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s in the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family. This genus includes the former Bomolocha species. These are not migratory, overwinter as pupae and are among the few Noctuidae species that almost never come to bait.
Selected species
Extant:- Hypena abalienalisHypena abalienalisThe White-lined Hypena is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from southern Canada to northern Florida and Texas.The wingspan is 25–33 mm. The moth flies from April to August. There are at least two generations per year....
Walker, 1859 - Hypena abjuralis Walker, 1859
- Hypena abyssinalis Guénée, 1854
- Hypena albopunctalis (Leech, 1889)
- Hypena amica (Bulter, 1878)
- Hypena angustalis (Warren, 1913)
- Hypena annulalis Grote, 1876
- Hypena appalachiensis (Butler, 1987)
- Hypena assimilis Hampson, 1891
- Hypena atomaria (Smith, 1903)
- Hypena baltimoralisHypena baltimoralisThe Baltimore Bomolocha or Baltimore Hypena is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Eastern part of the United States, west and south to Wisconsin, Missouri and Florida and Texas....
Guénée, 1854 - Hypena bijugalisHypena bijugalisThe Dimorphic Bomolocha, Dimorphic Hypena or Toothed Snout-Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia across southern Canada to Vancouver Island, south to over the whole United States to Florida....
Walker, 1859 - Hypena californica Behr, 1870
- Hypena conscitalis Walker, 1866
- Hypena crassalisHypena crassalisThe Beautiful Snout is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 25–30 mm. The length of the forewings is 14–16 mm. The moth flies in one generation from mid May to August....
- Beautiful Snout (Fabricius, 1787) - Hypena cruca (Strand, 1920)
- Hypena deceptalisHypena deceptalisThe Deceptive Hypena is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Manitoba to Quebec, south to Florida and Texas. It is absent from much of Coastal Plain though.The wingspan is 28–35 mm. The moth flies from April to August...
Walker, 1859 - Hypena decorata J. B. Smith, 1884
- Hypena degesalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena depalpis Strand, 1920
- Hypena desquamata (Strand, 1920)
- Hypena dichromialis Strand, 1920
- Hypena edictalisHypena edictalisThe Large Bomolocha is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Quebec and Maine south to Virginia and Kentucky, west to the foothills of Alberta and the Peace River area of British Columbia....
Walker, 1859 - Hypena euryzostra Turner, 1932
- Hypena furva Wileman, 1911
- Hypena gonospilalis Walker, 1866
- Hypena gypsospila Turner, 1903
- Hypena henloa or Hypena heuloa (Smith, 1905)
- Hypena hoareae Holloway, 1977
- Hypena humuliHypena humuliThe Hop Looper or Hop Vine Moth is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from coast to coast in Canada south in the east to Florida and Arkansas in the west to California. It is apparently absent from the south-central states. In Canada it is only absent from Newfoundland and Labrador,...
Harris, 1841 - Hypena iconicalisHypena iconicalisHypena iconicalis is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in India, Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, FijiThe larvae have been recorded feeding on Moghania macrophylla....
Walker, 1859 - Hypena incognata Bethune-Baker, 1908
- Hypena indicatalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena indistincta Wileman, 1915
- Hypena isogona Meyrick, 1889
- Hypena kanshireiensis Wileman, 1916
- Hypena labatalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena laceratalisHypena laceratalisThe Lantana Defoliator is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is native to Africa , but was deliberately introduced to Australia via Hawaii in 1965 to control the weed Lantana camara.The larvae feed on Lantana camara...
Walker, [1859] - Hypena lignealisHypena lignealisHypena lignealis is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in Taiwan and Japan....
Walker, 1866 - Hypena lividalisHypena lividalisHypena lividalis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is has a Afro-Tropical and possibly Circum-Tropical distribution. It is known from the western parts of the Palaearctic ecozone and the Neotropics. It is a rare migrant in western, central and northern Europe. In the Mediterranean...
(Hübner, 1796) - Hypena longipennisHypena longipennisHypena longipennis is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in Taiwan.The wingspan is 34-39 mm....
Walker, 1866 - Hypena madefactalisHypena madefactalisThe Gray-edged Hypena or Gray-eyed Bomolocha is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from extreme southern Canada to Georgia and Texas....
Guénée, 1854 - Hypena manalisHypena manalisThe Flowing-line Hypena is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Minnesota to Nova Scotia, south to Florida and Texas....
Walker, 1859 - Hypena mandatalis Walker, 1859
- Hypena masurialisHypena masurialisThe Grey Snout is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is has a wide range, including Australia, Fiji, the Cook Islands, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Yemen and the Canary Islands.The wingspan is about 20 mm...
Guénée, 1854 - Hypena minualis Guénée, 1854
- Hypena modestoides Poole, 1989 (=Hypena modesta J. B. Smith, 1895)
- Hypena munitalisHypena munitalisHypena munitalis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Turkey, the Balkans and the Armenian-Caucasian region. In the Levant it has been recorded from Lebanon and Israel.Adults are on wing in July in Israel. There are two generations per year....
Mann, 1861 - Hypena napa Strand, 1920
- Hypena napana Strand, 1920
- Hypena neoeductalis Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010 (=Hypena (Bomolocha) eductalis Hampson, 1895)
- Hypena obesalisHypena obesalisThe Paignton Snout is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is ca. 40 mm. The moth flies in from June onwards.The larvae feed on nettle....
- Paignton Snout Treitschke, 1828 - Hypena obsitalisHypena obsitalisHypena obsitalis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Mediterranean Basin and in the Near East and Middle East, south up to the Sahara....
(Hübner, 1813) - Hypena obsoletaHypena obsoletaHypena obsoleta is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Hawaii.It is one of the most variable of all Hawaiian insects. The color forms are most confusing, and it often appears that several species are represented in assembled series...
Butler, 1877 - Hypena occata Hampson, 1882
- Hypena ophiusoidesHypena ophiusoidesHypena ophiusoides is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in Taiwan....
Moore, 1882 - Hypena opulenta (Christoph, 1877)
- Hypena orthographa Turner, 1932
- Hypena palpalis (Hübner, 1796)
- Hypena palpariaHypena palpariaThe Variegated Snout-moth or Mottled Bomolocha is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Nova Scotia west across southern Canada to British Columbia, south to Alabama and Texas....
Walker, 1861 - Hypena parva (Wileman, 1916)
- Hypena pelodes Turner, 1932
- Hypena perspicuaHypena perspicuaHypena perspicua is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in Taiwan....
(Leech, 1900) - Hypena peterseni Strand, 1920
- Hypena poa Strand, 1920
- Hypena porrectalis Fabricius, 1794
- Hypena proboscidalisHypena proboscidalisThe Snout is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 25–38 mm. The moth flies in two generations from May to September.The larvae feed on hop, nettle and Ground-elder.-Notes:...
- Snout (Linnaeus, 1758) - Hypena ramstadtii (Wyatt, 1967)
- Hypena rostralisHypena rostralisThe Buttoned Snout is a moth of the family Noctuoidea. It is found in Europe.The wingspan is 27–32 mm. The moth flies in two generations from August to October and again from March to June.The larvae feed on hop.-Notes:...
- Buttoned Snout (Linnaeus, 1758) - Hypena sagitta (Fabricius, 1775)
- Hypena satsumalis Leech, 1889
- Hypena scabraHypena scabraThe Green Cloverworm or Black Snout is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Canada south to Florida and Texas. It has also been reported from Great Britain....
Fabricius, 1798 - Hypena simplex (Lucas, 1895)
- Hypena sinuosa Wileman, 1911
- Hypena sordidulaHypena sordidulaThe Sordid Hypena is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found from Quebec and Maine south to northern Florida and Texas, west to Louisiana and Kansas, north to Manitoba....
Grote, 1872 - Hypena strigata (Fabricius)
- Hypena strigatus (Fabricius, 1798)
- Hypena subcyanea Butler, 1881
- Hypena subidalis Guenée, 1854
- Hypena subvittalis Walker, 1866
- Hypena sylpha Butler, 1887
- Hypena taiwana (Wileman, 1915)
- Hypena tenebralisHypena tenebralisHypena tenebralis is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in Taiwan....
(Strand, 1920) - Hypena trigonalis (Guenee, 1854)
- Hypena tristalisHypena tristalisHypena tristalis is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in the Russian Far East, Korea, Japan and Taiwan.The wingspan is 33-40 mm....
Lederer, 1853 - Hypena umbralis (Smith, 1884)
- Hypena variabilis Druce, 1890
- Hypena vega (Smith, 1900)
- Hypena vetustalis Guénée, 1854
- Hypena zillana Strand, 1920
Extinct species (incomplete):
- Laysan Dropseed Noctuid MothLaysan Dropseed Noctuid MothThe Laysan Dropseed Noctuid Moth was a species of moth in the Noctuidae family. This species is now extinct.This moth was endemic to Laysan Island, one of the Outlying Hawaiian Islands, United States....
(Hypena laysanensis) - Hilo Noctuid MothHilo Noctuid MothThe Hilo Noctuid Moth was a species of moth in the Noctuidae family. It was endemic to the Hawaii.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 31 July 2007....
(Hypena newelli) - Lovegrass Noctuid MothLovegrass Noctuid MothThe Lovegrass Noctuid Moth 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.-Source:...
(Hypena plagiota) - Kaholuamano Noctuid MothKaholuamano Noctuid MothThe Kaholuamano Noctuid Moth was a species of moth in the Noctuidae family. It was endemic to Kauai.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 31 July 2007....
(Hypena senicula)