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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Erebidae » Hypeninae » Hypena

Genus Hypena

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Internet References
Moth - Hypena scabra Hop Looper - Hypena humuli Hypena baltimoralis Flowing-line Bomolocha - Hypena manalis Hypena californica Hypena abalienalis Hypena sp - Hypena baltimoralis Hypena scabra
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Hypeninae
Genus Hypena
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
genus now includes the former Plathypena scabra
Numbers
either 27 species in North America (nearctica.com) or about half that number when Bomolocha species are excluded - see Remarks below
Identification
long labial palps form a "snout" that projects from the front of the head; triangular forewings held together over abdomen, giving the wings a "swept-back jet fighter" profile when the moth is at rest
Range
North America east of the Rockies
Remarks
Plathypena was included in Hypena by Robert W. Poole in 1989 (1). At that time, Poole also lumped Bomolocha and several other genera together under the single genus, Hypena. However, in 1996, Herbert Beck revalidated Bomolocha as a distinct genus, splitting it from Hypena (2). Many of the species listed under Hypena at nearctica.com, CBIF, and FUNET were formerly considered species of Bomolocha, and are now again treated as Bomolocha - at least by Beck and whoever agrees with him.
As of 2005, no one has argued against Poole's placement of Plathypena scabra in the genus Hypena.
Internet References
pinned adult image thumbnails of Hypena species occurring in Canada, several of which are considered Bomolocha species by some authors (CBIF)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 January, 2005 - 7:52pm
Last updated 14 October, 2005 - 7:11pm

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