Hypena laceratalis

Hypena laceratalis Walker, 1858
(previously known as : Hypena acrocompsa Turner, 1932)
HYPENINAE, NOCTUIDAE

(updated 6 March 2005)

This species was introduced deliberately into Australia and also Hawaii from Kenya in 1965 to control the weed :

Lantana ( Lantana camara, VERBENACEAE ).

Further reading :

Ian F.B. Common,
Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, pp. 72, 448.

Ebbe S. Nielsen, Edward D. Edwards, & T.V. Rangsi (eds),
Checklist of Australian Lepidoptera, CSIRO Publishing, 1996, pp. 294, 338, 371.

Australian
Australian Butterflies

Australian
Australian Moths