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.
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