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Genus Hypenopsis

Which pyraloid or ... ?  - Hypenopsis calusa Something from Gelechiidae? - Hypenopsis calusa Black-spotted Schrankia Moth - Hodges #8431 - Hypenopsis calusa # 8431 Schrankia macula? - Hypenopsis Unknown Micromoth - Hypenopsis calusa unknown moth - Hypenopsis calusa unknown moth - Hypenopsis calusa Brown and tan moth - Hypenopsis calusa
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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 Hypenodinae
Genus Hypenopsis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hypenopsis Dyar, 1913
Explanation of Names
Hypenopsis Dyar, 1913, status revalidated in Landry et al., 2023)(1), was formerly a synonym of Schrankia Hübner, [1825].
Numbers
3 species north of Mexico
Identification
See species account for Hypenopsis macula.
Life Cycle
See species account for Schrankia macula.
See Also
Easily mistaken for a Crambid or Pyralid due to small size and upturned palps.
Works Cited
1.On the species formerly assigned to Schrankia Hübner (Erebidae: Hypenodinae) in the Western Hemisphere...
Landry, J.-F., Landry, B., Goldstein, P. 2023. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 130(2): 353­-387.