Hypena stygiana Butler 1878
Creators: name: Jin, Dahee
name: Kim, Sung-Soo
name: Shin, Bora
name: Choi, Sei-Woong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Hypena
Hypena stygiana

description: Hypena stygiana Butler, 1878
Materials
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: B1E5EF3A-9CC6-5796-9F80-933FB67F8045; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: GW; county: Yanggu; locality: Wondang-ri, Dong-myeon; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 5/22/2008; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: BC4A7954-7BE8-5907-A84F-3EC25CF93A17; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: GW; county: Inje; locality: Yongdae-ri, Buk-myeon; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 7/18/2023; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: 612B6166-B097-55B8-B6DF-46C7340C9111; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: GW; county: Yangyang; locality: nearJochimnyeong tunnel; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 4/13/2009; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: BD9CC0E3-B34B-5E5C-8EC6-EC74EAB6E475; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: GW; county: Pyeongchang; locality: Mt. Jungwang, Daehwa-myeon; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 7/1/2011; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: D3144C15-98C0-5A1F-8FD0-A2A0C368A9AB; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: GW; county: Jeongseon; locality: Yeoryang-myeon; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 5/11/2018; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: 3F68EA41-2F14-540D-99C5-7B181279E0A0; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: GW; county: Yeongwol; locality: Mt. Hamback; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 5/5/2012; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: 6C6D4826-20F3-502F-9E12-2AC2241786AB; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: GW; county: Yeongwol; locality: Mt. Hamback; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 5/5/2012; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 2; sex: males; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: FEB1145 D-9A85-5D1A-A56E-E3DC1264304F; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: GW; county: Yeongwol; locality: Ssangyong-ri, Hanbando-myeon; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 5/27/2022; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: 42F00D63-E192-544E-B2A3-2A3BC5913BB1; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: GG; county: Namyangju; locality: Mt. Chungnyeong, Sudong-myeon; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 7/23/2016; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: 10A8B81C-A007-529E-8F79-209AB3E94EBE; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: CB; county: Jecheon; locality: Jeongok-ri, Susan-myeon; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 7/8/2018; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: 94BD85C0-4964-5BA8-B4C3-A4996EDFD1EE; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: GN; county: Hamyang; locality: Samjeong-ri, Macheon-myeon; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 6/2/2015; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: 6EAFC65A-EC2F-5C66-8852-C10C01444214; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: JN; county: Gurye; locality: Mt. Jiri, Toji-myeon; verbatimElevation: 1362; verbatimCoordinates: 35°18'2"N 127°33'10.5“E; Identification: identifiedBy: Sei-Woong Choi; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 6/19/2020; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: 482594AF-6405-5E8D-8E59-E92705465673; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: JN; county: Gurye; locality: Mt. Jiri, Toji-myeon; verbatimElevation: 1362; verbatimCoordinates: 35°18'2"N 127°33'10.5“E; Identification: identifiedBy: Sei-Woong Choi; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 6/19/2020; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: 98289FFD-87BB-5556-9A86-DD0C374EFAC4; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: JN; county: Gurye; locality: Mt. Jiri, Toji-myeon; verbatimElevation: 1371; verbatimCoordinates: 35°18'01"N 127°33'09“E; Identification: identifiedBy: Sei-Woong Choi; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 8/11/2016; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: 2BDDEE00-A786-5F1A-A211-A97F6F74E8A6; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: JN; county: Gurye; locality: Mt. Jiri, Sandong-myeon; verbatimElevation: 1504; verbatimCoordinates: 35°17'37.8"N 127°31'58.5“E; Identification: identifiedBy: Sei-Woong Choi; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 6/9/2023; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: 9FD5E0E0-C63E-50F9-9652-0D4C3D6C386D; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: JN; county: Goheung; locality: Sangnam-ri, Daeseo-myeon; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 6/17/2022; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: F945D0BE-FDDC-5204-A0F8-10C5B75C6A63; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: JN; county: Goheung; locality: Sangnam-ri, Daeseo-myeon; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 6/17/2022; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: 4AFF78B0-6B6E-5445-BE3B-D57BEBDBF835; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: JJ; county: Seogwipo; locality: Jeju International Univ., Hawon-dong; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 7/13/2015; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: AE76B653-218A-5D00-A11C-A7BCA6AF0B57; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena stygiana; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: JJ; county: Seogwipo; locality: Jeju International Univ., Hawon-dong; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 7/13/2015; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen
Distribution
Korea, Japan, Russian Far East.
Notes
Hypena stygiana (GenBank accession No. PV 274475, PV 274482) showed the highest mean genetic distance of 8.52 % from H. pulverulenta, while it exhibited the lowest mean genetic distance of 4.25 % from H. squalida (Fig. 4 f).
description: Published as part of Jin, Dahee, Kim, Sung-Soo, Shin, Bora & Choi, Sei-Woong, 2025, An updated list of the genus Hypena Schrank (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) from Korea with five additional records to the fauna, pp. e 155581 in Biodiversity Data Journal 13 on page e155581, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.13.e155581