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Hypenine Snout Moths
Hypeninae
The Hypeninae are a subfamily of moths in the Erebidae family. A notable species is Mecistoptera griseifusa, which lives solely on tears it drinks with its proboscis.
60 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Hypena
genusHypena
Colobochyla
genusColobochyla
Dichromia
genusDichromia
Sandava
genusSandava
Trigonistis
genusTrigonistis
Zekelita
genusZekelita
Arrade
genusArrade
Meyrickella
genusMeyrickella
Hepatica Snout Moths
genusHepatica
Melanomma
genusMelanomma
Acidon
genusAcidon
Esthlodora
genusEsthlodora
Britha
genusBritha
Prionopterina
genusPrionopterina
Lophomilia
genusLophomilia
Elaphristis
genusElaphristis
Philogethes
genusPhilogethes
Euphiuche
genusEuphiuche
Catada
genusCatada
Gonepatica
genusGonepatica
Rhynchina
genusRhynchina
Harita
genusHarita
Ruttenstorferia
genusRuttenstorferia
Lophotoma
genusLophotoma
Nolasena
genusNolasena
Coarica
genusCoarica
Euwilemania
genusEuwilemania
Parilyrgis
genusParilyrgis
Mecistoptera
genusMecistoptera
Hypertrocta
genusHypertrocta
Cultripalpa
genusCultripalpa
Sarobela
genusSarobela
Rhodina
genusRhodina
Pseudoschrankia
genusPseudoschrankia
Sarmatia
genusSarmatia
Anoratha
genusAnoratha
Paonidia
genusPaonidia
Paurophylla
genusPaurophylla
Perciana
genusPerciana
Hypenomorpha
genusHypenomorpha
Stenopaltis
genusStenopaltis
Trauaxa
genusTrauaxa
Gonoglasa
genusGonoglasa
Hiaspis
genusHiaspis
Foveades
genusFoveades
Chibidokuga
genusChibidokuga
Itmaharela
genusItmaharela
Brontypena
genusBrontypena
Stenbergmania
genusStenbergmania
Peliala
genusPeliala
Gizama
genusGizama
Pinacia
genusPinacia
Argania
genusArgania
Ceraptila
genusCeraptila
Niphocona
genusNiphocona
Rhynchodontodes
genusRhynchodontodes
Aphypena
genusAphypena
Aethalina
genusAethalina
Proluta
genusProluta
Ptyorhyncha
genusPtyorhyncha
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Hypeninae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 122457.