Hypenagonia

Hypenagonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Boletobiinae
Genus: Hypenagonia
Hampson, 1893


Hypenagonia is a genus of moths of the Erebidae family.[1] The adult moths have pale brown wings with a dark band across each wing. The wingspan of these moths is about 1 centimeter.[2]

Taxonomy

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

Species

References

  1. Zahiri, Reza et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
  2. "Hypenagonia". Retrieved 13 January 2013.