# Hypena

Hypena is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. These non-migratory moths overwinter as pupae and almost never estivate as adults.

## 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. Forewings 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 abyssinialis Guenée, 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 colombana Moore, [1885]
* Hypena conscitalis Walker, 1866
* Hypena cowani Viette, 1968
* Hypena crassalis (Fabricius, 1787) – beautiful snout moth
* Hypena cruca (Strand, 1920)
* Hypena cyanea (Hampson, 1893)
* 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 edictalis Walker, 1859 – large bomolocha moth
* Hypena eductalis Walker, 1859
* Hypena erikae Lödl, 1994
* Hypena euryzostra Turner, 1932
* Hypena extensa Walker, [1866]
* Hypena furva Wileman, 1911
* Hypena fuscomaculalis Saalmüller, 1880
* Hypena gonospilalis Walker, 1866
* Hypena griseapex Hampson, 1891
* Hypena griveaudi Viette, 1968
* Hypena gypsospila Turner, 1903
* Hypena hemiphaea de Joannis, 1915
* 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 jocosalis Walker, [1859]
* 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 minualis Guénée, 1854 – sooty bomolocha moth
* Hypena modestoides Poole, 1989 (=Hypena modesta J. B. Smith, 1895)
* Hypena molpusalis Walker, 1859
* Hypena munitalis Mann, 1861
* Hypena namaqualis Guenée, 1854
* 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
* Hypena obesalis Treitschke, 1828 – Paignton snout moth
* Hypena obfuscalis Hampson, 1893
* 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 quaesitalis Walker, 1859
* Hypena ramstadtii (Wyatt, 1967)
* Hypena rostralis (Linnaeus, 1758) – buttoned snout moth
* Hypena sabinis Lödl, 1994
* 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 toyi (Viette, 1968)
* Hypena trigonalis (Guenee, 1854)
* Hypena tristalis Lederer, 1853
* Hypena umbralis (Smith, 1884)
* Hypena variabilis Druce, 1890
* Hypena varialis Walker, 1866
* Hypena vega (Smith, 1900)
* Hypena veronikae Lödl, 1994
* Hypena verticalis Hampson, 1910
* Hypena vestita (Moore, [1885])
* Hypena vetustalis Guénée, 1854
* Hypena zillana Strand, 1920

#### Species brought into synonymy

* Hypena masurialis: synonym of Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844)
* Hypena obliqualis: synonym of Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844)
* Hypena sagitta: synonym of Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius, 1775)

### Extinct

* Laysan dropseed noctuid moth (Hypena laysanensis)
* Hilo noctuid moth (Hypena newelli)
* Lovegrass noctuid moth (Hypena plagiota)
* Kaholuamano noctuid moth (Hypena senicula)