Hypeninae

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Hypeninae
The Snout, Hypena proboscidalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Noctuoidea Family: Noctuidae Subfamily: Hypeninae
Genera
c.50, see text

Hypeninae is a subfamily of moth family Noctuidae. A notable species is Mecistoptera griseifusa (sometimes placed in Lobocraspis^{[verification needed]}) which lives solely on tears it drinks with its proboscis.

Aethalina Arrade Artigisa Avirostrum Britha Calathusa Catada Catadoides Dichromia Elaphristis Epitripta Esthlodora Foveades Glympis Goniocraspedon Goniophylla Harita

Hemeroplanis Hormoschista Hypena Hypenagonia Hypenarana Hypertrocta Lomanaltes Lophotoma Lysimelia Mecistoptera Meyrickella Naarda Nychioptera Ommatochila Panilla Paonidia Parilyrgis

Paurophylla Pherechoa Philogethes Prionopterina Prolophota Rhodina Rhynchina Rhynchodontodes Sandava Sarobela Spargaloma Stenopaltis Synolulis Tigrana Zebeeba

[edit] External links

• Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Hypeninae. Retrieved 2006-JAN-11.