Hypenodes is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.
The genus has previously been classified in the Strepsimaninae subfamily of the Noctuidae family.
Palpi with second joint long and fringed with long hair above. Third joint short, naked and oblique. Frontal tuft is short. Antennae ringed and minutely ciliated in male. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with a basal dorsal tuft and almost naked tibia in legs. Fore wings long and narrow. Veins 6 and 7 from near end of ell and stalked veins 8,10 where vein 9 absent. Hind wings with veins 3,4 and 6,7 stalked. Vein 5 arise from middle of discocellulars.
The humidalis species-groupHypenodes caducus Dyar, 1907 – Large Hypenodes MothHypenodes curvilinea Sugi, 1982Hypenodes fractilinea J. B. Smith, 1908 – Broken-line Hypenodes MothHypenodes franclemonti Ferguson, 1954Hypenodes humidalis Doubleday, 1850 - Marsh Oblique-barred MothHypenodes palustris Ferguson, 1954 (misspelled Hypenodes plaustris)Hypenodes rectifascia Sugi, 1982Hypenodes sombrus Ferguson, 1954The kalchbergi species-groupHypenodes kalchbergi Staudinger, 1876The orientalis species-groupHypenodes anatolica Schwingenschuss, 1938Hypenodes crimeana Fibiger, Pekarsky & Ronkay, 2010Hypenodes cypriaca Fibiger, Pekarsky & Ronkay, 2010Hypenodes nesiota Rebel, 1916Hypenodes orientalis Staudinger, 1901Hypenodes pannonica Fibiger, Pekarsky & Ronkay, 2010Hypenodes turcomanica Fibiger, Pekarsky & Ronkay, 2010Species-group unknownHypenodes dubia Schaus, 1913Hypenodes haploa Fletcher, 1961Hypenodes insciens Dognin, 1914Hypenodes minimalis Snellen, 1890Hypenodes modesta Schaus, 1913Hypenodes obliqualis Snellen, 1890Hypenodes prionodes Fletcher, 1961Hypenodes pudicalis Snellen, 1890