Genus Hypena

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

caterpillar - Sept. 12 - Hypena abalienalis

Ramstadt's Hypena (Hypena ramstadtii) - Hypena ramstadtii

Green Cloverworm - Hodges#8465 - Hypena scabra

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Erebidae

Subfamily Hypeninae

Genus Hypena

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hypena Schrank, 1802

Bomolocha

genus now includes the former Plathypena scabra

includes most, or all, former members of genus Bomolocha Hübner, 1825

see remarks about Bomolocha

Explanation of Names

Common name (and former genus for some species) Bomolocha from Greek Bomolochus (βωμολο'χος), a jester, a beggar (1). Refers to bold jester-like pattern of wings, presumably.

Generic epithet Hypena is Greek for "beard," referring to the projecting palpi. (2)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 29 species of the genus Hypena in America north of Mexico. (3)

Identification

Adult - 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.

Print References

The Century Dictionary--entry for Bomolochus (a genus of crustaceans) (1)

Internet References

pinned adult image thumbnails of Hypena species occurring in Canada, several of which are considered Bomolocha species by some authors (CBIF)

Pacific Northwest Moths - pinned adult images of species occurring in Pacific northwest

Works Cited

1.	The Century Dictionary: an encyclopedic lexicon of the English language

2.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

3.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 January, 2005 - 7:52pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, Blocky
Last updated 9 April, 2019 - 1:25pm

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