title: Hypena
text: # Hypena
  
  Hypena is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. It was first described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. These non-migratory moths overwinter as pupae and almost never estivate as adults.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  The genus includes the former Bomolocha species.
  
  ## Description
  
  Antennae minutely ciliated in male. An acute frontal tuft present. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with dorsal tufts. Mid and hind tibia slightly hairy. Forewings with acute and depressed apex.
  
  ## Selected species
  
  The following species are included in the genus. The lists may be incomplete.
  
  ### Extant
  
  * Hypena abalienalis Walker, 1859 – white-lined hypena moth, white-lined bomolocha moth
  * Hypena abyssinalis Guénée, 1854
  * Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854
  * Hypena albopunctalis (Leech, 1889)
  * Hypena amica (Bulter, 1878)
  * Hypena angustalis (Warren, 1913)
  * Hypena annulalis Grote, 1876
  * Hypena appalachiensis (Butler, 1987)
  * Hypena assimilis Hampson, 1891
  * Hypena atomaria (Smith, 1903)
  * Hypena baltimoralis Guénée, 1854 – Baltimore bomolocha moth or Baltimore hypena moth
  * Hypena bijugalis Walker, 1859 – dimorphic bomolocha moth, dimorphic hypena moth, or toothed snout moth
  * Hypena californica Behr, 1870
  * Hypena colombana Moore, [1885]
  * Hypena conscitalis Walker, 1866
  * Hypena cowani Viette, 1968
  * Hypena crassalis (Fabricius, 1787) – beautiful snout moth
  * Hypena cruca (Strand, 1920)
  * Hypena cyanea (Hampson, 1893)
  * Hypena deceptalis Walker, 1859 – deceptive hypena moth
  * Hypena decorata J. B. Smith, 1884
  * Hypena degesalis Walker, 1859
  * Hypena denticulata (Moore, 1882)
  * Hypena depalpis Strand, 1920
  * Hypena desquamata (Strand, 1920)
  * Hypena dichromialis Strand, 1920
  * Hypena ducalis Schaus & Clemens, 1893
  * Hypena edictalis Walker, 1859 – large bomolocha moth
  * Hypena eductalis Walker, 1859
  * Hypena erikae Lödl, 1994
  * Hypena euryzostra Turner, 1932
  * Hypena extensa Walker, [1866]
  * Hypena furva Wileman, 1911
  * Hypena fuscomaculalis Saalmüller, 1880
  * Hypena gonospilalis Walker, 1866
  * Hypena griseapex Hampson, 1891
  * Hypena griveaudi Viette, 1968
  * Hypena gypsospila Turner, 1903
  * Hypena hemiphaea de Joannis, 1915
  * Hypena heuloa (Smith, 1905)
  * Hypena hoareae Holloway, 1977
  * Hypena humuli Harris, 1841 – hop looper moth or hop vine moth
  * Hypena iconicalis Walker, 1859
  * Hypena incognata Bethune-Baker, 1908
  * Hypena indicatalis Walker, 1859
  * Hypena indistincta Wileman, 1915
  * Hypena isogona Meyrick, 1889
  * Hypena jocosalis Walker, [1859]
  * Hypena jusssalis (Walker, 1859)
  * Hypena kanshireiensis Wileman, 1916
  * Hypena kingdoni Viette, 1968
  * Hypena labatalis Walker, 1859
  * Hypena laceratalis Walker, [1859] – lantana defoliator moth
  * Hypena lignealis Walker, 1866
  * Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1796)
  * Hypena longipennis Walker, 1866
  * Hypena madefactalis Guénée, 1854 – gray-edged hypena moth or gray-eyed bomolocha moth
  * Hypena malagasy (Viette, 1968)
  * Hypena manalis Walker, 1859 – flowing-line hypena moth
  * Hypena mandatalis Walker, 1859
  * Hypena minualis Guénée, 1854 – sooty bomolocha moth
  * Hypena modestoides Poole, 1989 (=Hypena modesta J. B. Smith, 1895)
  * Hypena molpusalis Walker, 1859
  * Hypena munitalis Mann, 1861
  * Hypena namaqualis Guenée, 1854
  * Hypena napa Strand, 1920
  * Hypena napana Strand, 1920
  * Hypena nasutalis Guenée, 1854
  * Hypena neoeductalis Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010 (=Hypena (Bomolocha) eductalis Hampson, 1895)
  * Hypena neoplyta Prout, 1925
  * Hypena obacerralis Walker, 1859
  * Hypena obesalis Treitschke, 1828 – Paignton snout moth
  * Hypena obfuscalis Hampson, 1893
  * Hypena obsitalis (Hübner, 1813) – Bloxworth snout moth
  * Hypena obsoleta Butler, 1877
  * Hypena occata Hampson, 1882
  * Hypena ophiusinalis Mabille, 1879
  * Hypena ophiusoides Moore, 1882
  * Hypena opulenta (Christoph, 1877)
  * Hypena orthographa Turner, 1932
  * Hypena palpalis (Hübner, 1796)
  * Hypena palparia Walker, 1861 – variegated snout moth or mottled bomolocha moth
  * Hypena parva (Wileman, 1916)
  * Hypena pelodes Turner, 1932
  * Hypena perspicua (Leech, 1900)
  * Hypena peterseni Strand, 1920
  * Hypena poa Strand, 1920
  * Hypena polycyma Hampson, 1902
  * Hypena porrectalis Fabricius, 1794
  * Hypena proboscidalis (Linnaeus, 1758) – snout moth
  * Hypena quaesitalis Walker, 1859
  * Hypena ramstadtii (Wyatt, 1967)
  * Hypena rostralis (Linnaeus, 1758) – buttoned snout moth
  * Hypena sabinis Lödl, 1994
  * Hypena saltalis Schaus & Clemens, 1893
  * Hypena satsumalis Leech, 1889
  * Hypena scabra (Fabricius, 1798) – green cloverworm moth or black snout moth
  * Hypena simplex (Lucas, 1895)
  * Hypena sinuosa Wileman, 1911
  * Hypena sordidula Grote, 1872 – sordid hypena moth
  * Hypena strigata (Fabricius)
  * Hypena strigatus (Fabricius, 1798)
  * Hypena striolalis Aurivillius, 1910
  * Hypena subcyanea Butler, 1881
  * Hypena subidalis Guenée, 1854
  * Hypena subvittalis Walker, 1866
  * Hypena sylpha Butler, 1887
  * Hypena taiwana (Wileman, 1915)
  * Hypena tenebralis (Strand, 1920)
  * Hypena toyi (Viette, 1968)
  * Hypena trigonalis (Guenee, 1854)
  * Hypena tristalis Lederer, 1853
  * Hypena umbralis (Smith, 1884)
  * Hypena variabilis Druce, 1890
  * Hypena varialis Walker, 1866
  * Hypena vega (Smith, 1900)
  * Hypena veronikae Lödl, 1994
  * Hypena verticalis Hampson, 1910
  * Hypena vestita (Moore, [1885])
  * Hypena vetustalis Guénée, 1854
  * Hypena zillana Strand, 1920
  
  **Species brought into synonymy**
  
  * Hypena masurialis: synonym of Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844)
  * Hypena obliqualis: synonym of Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844)
  * Hypena sagitta: synonym of Dichromia sagitta (Fabricius, 1775)
  
  ### Extinct
  
  * Laysan dropseed noctuid moth (Hypena laysanensis)
  * Hilo noctuid moth (Hypena newelli)
  * Lovegrass noctuid moth (Hypena plagiota)
  * Kaholuamano noctuid moth (Hypena senicula)
  