Hypena

Taxonomy

The genus includes the former Bomolocha species.

Description

Antennae minutely ciliated in male. An acute frontal tuft present, Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tufts. Mid and hind tibia slightly hairy. Fore wings with acute and depressed apex.

Selected species

The following species are included in the genus. The lists may be incomplete.

Extant

Hypena abalienalis Walker, 1859 – White-lined Hypena Moth, White-lined Bomolocha Moth

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 baltimoralis Guénée, 1854 – Baltimore Bomolocha Moth or Baltimore Hypena Moth

Hypena bijugalis Walker, 1859 – Dimorphic Bomolocha Moth, Dimorphic Hypena Moth, or Toothed Snout Moth

Hypena californica Behr, 1870

Hypena conscitalis Walker, 1866

Hypena cowani Viette, 1968

Hypena crassalis (Fabricius, 1787) – Beautiful Snout Moth

Hypena cruca (Strand, 1920)

Hypena deceptalis Walker, 1859 – Deceptive Hypena Moth

Hypena decorata J. B. Smith, 1884

Hypena degesalis Walker, 1859

Hypena denticulata (Moore, 1882)

Hypena depalpis Strand, 1920

Hypena desquamata (Strand, 1920)

Hypena dichromialis Strand, 1920

Hypena ducalis Schaus & Clemens, 1893

Hypena erikae Lödl, 1994

Hypena edictalis Walker, 1859 – Large Bomolocha Moth

Hypena euryzostra Turner, 1932

Hypena furva Wileman, 1911

Hypena fuscomaculalis Saalmüller, 1880

Hypena gonospilalis Walker, 1866

Hypena griveaudi Viette, 1968

Hypena gypsospila Turner, 1903

Hypena henloa or Hypena heuloa (Smith, 1905)

Hypena hoareae Holloway, 1977

Hypena humuli Harris, 1841 – Hop Looper Moth or Hop Vine Moth

Hypena iconicalis Walker, 1859

Hypena incognata Bethune-Baker, 1908

Hypena indicatalis Walker, 1859

Hypena indistincta Wileman, 1915

Hypena isogona Meyrick, 1889

Hypena jusssalis (Walker, 1859)

Hypena kanshireiensis Wileman, 1916

Hypena kingdoni Viette, 1968

Hypena labatalis Walker, 1859

Hypena laceratalis Walker, [1859] – Lantana Defoliator Moth

Hypena lignealis Walker, 1866

Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1796)

Hypena longipennis Walker, 1866

Hypena madefactalis Guénée, 1854 – Gray-edged Hypena Moth or Gray-eyed Bomolocha Moth

Hypena malagasy (Viette, 1968)

Hypena manalis Walker, 1859 – Flowing-line Hypena Moth

Hypena mandatalis Walker, 1859

Hypena masurialis Guénée, 1854 – Grey Snout Moth

Hypena minualis Guénée, 1854 – Sooty Bomolocha Moth

Hypena modestoides Poole, 1989 (=Hypena modesta J. B. Smith, 1895)

Hypena munitalis Mann, 1861

Hypena napa Strand, 1920

Hypena napana Strand, 1920

Hypena nasutalis Guenée, 1854

Hypena neoeductalis Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010 (=Hypena (Bomolocha) eductalis Hampson, 1895)

Hypena neoplyta Prout, 1925)

Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859] moved to Rhynchina obliquarlis

Hypena obesalis Treitschke, 1828 – Paignton Snout Moth

Hypena obliqualis Kollar, 1844

Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, 1813) – Bloxworth Snout Moth

Hypena obsoleta Butler, 1877

Hypena occata Hampson, 1882

Hypena ophiusinalis Mabille, 1879

Hypena ophiusoides Moore, 1882

Hypena opulenta (Christoph, 1877)

Hypena orthographa Turner, 1932

Hypena palpalis (Hübner, 1796)

Hypena palparia Walker, 1861 – Variegated Snout Moth or Mottled Bomolocha Moth

Hypena parva (Wileman, 1916)

Hypena pelodes Turner, 1932

Hypena perspicua (Leech, 1900)

Hypena peterseni Strand, 1920

Hypena poa Strand, 1920

Hypena polycyma Hampson, 1902

Hypena porrectalis Fabricius, 1794

Hypena proboscidalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Snout Moth

Hypena ramstadtii (Wyatt, 1967)

Hypena rostralis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Buttoned Snout Moth

Hypena sabinis Lödl, 1994

Hypena sagitta (Fabricius, 1775) moved to Dichromia sagitta

Hypena saltalis Schaus & Clemens, 1893

Hypena satsumalis Leech, 1889

Hypena scabra (Fabricius, 1798) – Green Cloverworm Moth or Black Snout Moth

Hypena simplex (Lucas, 1895)

Hypena sinuosa Wileman, 1911

Hypena sordidula Grote, 1872 – Sordid Hypena Moth

Hypena strigata (Fabricius)

Hypena strigatus (Fabricius, 1798)

Hypena striolalis Aurivillius, 1910

Hypena subcyanea Butler, 1881

Hypena subidalis Guenée, 1854

Hypena subvittalis Walker, 1866

Hypena sylpha Butler, 1887

Hypena taiwana (Wileman, 1915)

Hypena tenebralis (Strand, 1920)

Hypena trigonalis (Guenee, 1854)

Hypena tristalis Lederer, 1853

Hypena toyi (Viette, 1968)

Hypena umbralis (Smith, 1884)

Hypena variabilis Druce, 1890

Hypena vega (Smith, 1900)

Hypena veronikae Lödl, 1994

Hypena verticalis Hampson, 1910

Hypena vetustalis Guénée, 1854

Hypena zillana Strand, 1920

Extinct

Laysan Dropseed Noctuid Moth (Hypena laysanensis)

Hilo Noctuid Moth (Hypena newelli)

Lovegrass Noctuid Moth (Hypena plagiota)

Kaholuamano Noctuid Moth (Hypena senicula)