Hypena iconicalis

Hypena iconicalis is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in India, Sri Lanka,[1] Taiwan, Papua New Guinea[2] and Fiji.[3]

Hypena iconicalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hypena
Species:
H. iconicalis
Binomial name
Hypena iconicalis
Walker, 1859
Synonyms
  • Hypena apicipuncta Strand, 1920
  • Hypena belindana Strand, 1920
  • Hypena chosokeiana Strand, 1922
  • Bomolocha herpa Swinhoe, 1901
  • Hypena similata Moore, 1882
  • Hypena subnotalis Walker, 1866
  • Hypena sulalis Walker, 1866

Description

Its wingspan is about 30–32 mm. The forewings are much broader. The outer margin is less oblique. Raised tufts are slight. Body reddish-grey brown. Forewings slightly irrorated (sprinkled) with dark specks. There is an indistinct sinuous antemedial line present. A black speck in cell. A medial, straight, almost erect, dark line found with some bluish grey on the outer edge, and often with the area beyond it grey. A more or less developed sinuous submarginal series of black and white specks. Hindwings fuscous. Ventral side with subapical black and white specks to forewing, and indistinct cell spot and postmedial line to hindwing. The males have short palpi and more broadly scaled. Frontal tufts very thick. Some specimens have whitish costa on forewings.[4]

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Moghania macrophylla.[5]

References
  1. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  2. "Taxonomy Browser: Hypena iconicalis". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  3. "Moths in Fiji". Archived from the original on 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2011-12-01.
  4. Hampson, G. F. (1895). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume III. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. General and Applied Entomology


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