Biology:Hypena masurialis
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| Hypena masurialis Guenée, 1854[1]
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Hypena masurialis, the grey snout, is a moth of the Noctuidae family described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It has a wide range, including Australia , Fiji, the Cook Islands, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Yemen,[2] and the Canary Islands.[3]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults have dark brown wings with a diagonal line from near the wingtip to halfway along the rear edge of each forewing.[4]
The larvae feed on Commelina cyanea.
References
- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
- ↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Hypena ferriscitalis Walker, 1866". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/02HYPOBA. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ lepidoptera.butterflyhouse
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