Hilo noctuid moth

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Hilo noctuid moth
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Hypena
Species:
H. newelli
Binomial name
Hypena newelli
(Swezey, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Nesamiptis newelliSwezey, 1912

The Hilo noctuid moth (Hypena newelli) was a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1912. [2] It was endemic to the island of Hawaii and is now extinct.

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Hypena newelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T10641A3207144. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10641A3207144.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Savela, Markku (July 26, 2019). "Hypena newelli (Swezey, 1913)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 12, 2020.