HYPENINAE of Australia
NOCTUIDAE ,  NOCTUOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 4 May 2008)

Sometimes, this group of species is treatd as a subfamily of EREBIDAE, but here, following Nielsen et al., we list it as a subfamily of NOCTUIDAE.

Some common Australian species of the 115 in HYPENINAE are:

  • Aethalina asaphes

    Arrade leucocosmalis

  • Artigisa impropria

  • Britha biguttata

    Calathusa basicunea
    Calathusa hypotherma

  • Calathusa maritima

  • Catada apoblepta

  • Catadoides punctata

  • Dichromia quinqualis

  • Elaphristis anthracitis

  • Esthlodora variabilis
  • Esthlodora versicolor

  • Foveades aroensis

  • Goniocraspedon mistura

  • Goniophylla fragilis

  • Harita nodyna

  • Hypena conscitalis
  • Hypena gypsospila
  • Hypena isogona
  • Hypena laceratalis
    Hypena masurialis
  • Hypena simplex
    Hypena subvittalis

  • Hypenagonia mesoscia

  • Hypenarana acrocausta

  • Hypertrocta brunnea

  • Lophotoma diagrapha

  • Lysimelia lenis

  • Mecisoptera lithochroa

  • Metaphoenia rhodias

  • Meyrickella ruptellus
    Meyrickella torquesauria

  • Naarda xanthonephra

  • Olulis subrosea

  • Panilla aroa

  • Paonidia anthracias

  • Parilyrgis concolor

  • Pherechoa crypsichlora

  • Philogethes metableta

  • Prionopterina grammatistis

  • Prolophota pallida

  • Rhodina falculalis

  • Rhynchina inornata

  • Rhynchodontodes chalcias

    Sandava scitisignata
    Sandava xylistis

  • Sarabela litterata

  • Stenopaltis lithina

  • Synolulis rhodinastis

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