Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Hypena laysanensis | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Hypena Rank Species | |
Similar Laysan noctuid moth, Midway noctuid moth, Poko noctuid moth, Emperoptera mirabilis | ||
The Laysan dropseed noctuid moth (Hypena laysanensis) was a species of moth in the Noctuidae family. This species is now extinct.
This moth was endemic to Laysan Island, one of the Outlying Hawaiian Islands, United States.
The larvae have been recorded on Sporobolus species.
References
Laysan dropseed noctuid moth Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA