Hypena lignealis

Hypena lignealis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Hypena
Species:	H. lignealis
Binomial name
	Hypena lignealis; Walker, 1866

Hypena lignealis is a moth in the family Noctuidae described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in Sri Lanka,^[2] Taiwan and Japan.^[3]

Description

Its wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are much broader. The outer margin less oblique. Raised tufts are slight. Head and thorax reddish brown. Abdomen fuscous. Forewings reddish brown, where the inner area suffused with bluish grey, which is narrowest at middle. Some black spots found in and below cell. There is an indistinct highly angled postmedial line with a black spot on it below cell. The curved apical streak very long and prominent, with two black spots above it. An indistinct submarginal black specks series can be seen. Hindwings fuscous. Ventral side of forewings with black and white subapical speck.^[4]

References

^ TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
^ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.edu.
^ Japanese Moths
^ Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan

[2] Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.edu.

[3] Japanese Moths

[4] Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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