Hypena obacerralis

Hypena obacerralis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Hypeninae
Genus:	Hypena
Species:	H. obacerralis
Binomial name
Hypena obacerralis Walker, 1859
Synonyms
Hypena longipalpalis Guenée, 1862 Hypena comes Butler, 1882 Rhynchina eremialis Swinhoe, 1889 Hypena invenustalis Swinhoe, 1890 Hypena ferriscitalis Walker, [1866] 1865 Hypena sordida Rothschild, 1921

Hypena obacerralis is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found throughout Africa, the Middle East and South Asia (India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka).

References

• (in German) Lödl, 1994. Zur Wiederauffindung der Type von Rhynchina obliqualis (KOLLAR, 1844) (Hypena) comb.n. im Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien, nebst Bemerkungen zur Synonymie (Inserta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 96 B 369-372.