Hypena opulenta
| Hypena opulenta | |
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| Hypena opulenta, adult | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Hypena |
| Species: | H. opulenta |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypena opulenta (Christoph, 1877) | |
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Hypena opulenta is a moth in the Noctuidae family. It is found in Ukraine. In 2013, the moth larva was approved for release in North America to act as a bio-control for the invasive plant Vincetoxicum rossicum also known as dog-strangling vine or swallowwort.[1]
References
- ↑ "New Biological Agent to Fight Invasive Weed". Science Daily. September 27, 2013. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
- Weed, A.S. & Casagrande, R.A. (2010) Biology and larval feeding impact of Hypena opulenta (Christoph) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): A potential biological control agent for Vincetoxicum nigrum and V. rossicum. Biological Control, 53, 214–222.
- Hazlehurst, A.F., Weed, A.S., Tewksbury, L. & Casagrande, R.A. (2012) Host specificity of Hypena opulenta: a potential biological control agent of Vincetoxicum in North America. Environmental Entomology, 41, 841–848.