Biology:Laysan dropseed noctuid moth

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Short description: Extinct species of moth

Laysan dropseed noctuid moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Hypeninae
Genus:
Hypena
Species:
H. laysanensis
Binomial name
Hypena laysanensis
(Swezey, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Nesamiptis laysanensis Swezey, 1914

The Laysan dropseed noctuid moth (Hypena laysanensis) was a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1914.[2] This species is now extinct.

This moth was endemic to Laysan Island, one of the outlying Hawaiian Islands of the United States .

The larvae have been recorded on Sporobolus species.

References

  1. ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Hypena laysanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T10637A3206838. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10637A3206838.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10637/3206838. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (July 26, 2019). "Hypena laysanensis (Swezey, 1914)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/hypeninae/hypena/#laysanensis. Retrieved February 12, 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4847769 entry





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