Hypenagonia

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Hypenagonia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893.[1][2][3] The adult moths have pale brown wings with a dark band across each wing. The wingspan of these moths is about 1 centimeter.[4]

Hypenagonia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Hypenagonia
Hampson, 1893
Synonyms
  • Hypenarana Bethune-Baker, 1908
  • Hypenagoniodes Strand, 1920
  • Tipasodes Hampson, 1926

Taxonomy

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The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Hypeninae within either the families Erebidae or Noctuidae.

Description

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Palpi of moderate length, where the second joint fringed with scaled above. Third joint minute. Frontal tuft short. Antennae annulate (ringed). Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia hairless. Forewings long and narrow. Outer margin angled at middle. Veins 7 to 9 stalked. Hindwings with highly angled outer margin at middle and excised towards anal angle. Veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked, whereas vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.[5]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (July 5, 2019). "Hypenagonia Hampson, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  2. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Hypenagonia Hampson, 1893". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
  3. ^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
  4. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (22 July 2012). "Hypenagonia mesoscia (Turner, 1933)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  5. ^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.