Hypenagonia is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1893. The adult moths have pale brown wings with a dark band across each wing. The wingspan of these moths is about 1 centimeter.
Taxonomy
The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Hypeninae within either the families Erebidae or Noctuidae.
Description
Palpi of moderate length, where the second joint fringed with scaled above. Third joint minute. Frontal tuft short. Antennae annulate (ringed). Thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled. Tibia hairless. Forewings long and narrow. Outer margin angled at middle. Veins 7 to 9 stalked. Hindwings with highly angled outer margin at middle and excised towards anal angle. Veins 3, 4 and 6, 7 stalked, whereas vein 5 from near lower angle of cell.
Species
- Hypenagonia acrocausta <small>(Turner, 1944)</small> Queensland
- Hypenagonia angulata <small>Wileman, 1915</small> Formosa
- Hypenagonia anna <small>Robinson, 1975</small> Fiji
- Hypenagonia barbara <small>Robinson, 1975</small> Fiji
- Hypenagonia bipuncta <small>Wileman, 1915</small> Formosa
- Hypenagonia brachypalpia <small>Hampson, 1912</small> Sri Lanka, Borneo
- Hypenagonia brunnea <small>Bethune-Baker, 1908</small> New Guinea
- Hypenagonia catherina <small>Robinson, 1975</small> Fiji
- Hypenagonia diana <small>Robinson, 1975</small> Fiji
- Hypenagonia dohertyi <small>Holloway, 2008</small> Pulo Laut in Borneo
- Hypenagonia emma <small>Robinson, 1975</small> Fiji
- Hypenagonia flavisigna <small>Hampson, 1912</small> Sri Lanka
- Hypenagonia hefferi <small>Holloway, 2008</small> Borneo
- Hypenagonia henseli <small>Holloway, 2008</small> Borneo
- Hypenagonia leucosticta <small>Hampson, 1895</small> Bhuta
- Hypenagonia longipalpis <small>Hampson, 1912</small> Sri Lanka, India, Borneo
- Hypenagonia mediifascia <small>Wileman & South, 1917</small> Formosa
- Hypenagonia melalepidia <small>(Hampson, 1926)</small> New Guinea
- Hypenagonia mesoscia <small>(Turner, 1933)</small> Queensland
- Hypenagonia minor <small>Wileman, 1915</small> Formosa
- Hypenagonia nigrifascia <small>Hampson, 1893</small> Sri Lanka
- Hypenagonia normata <small>Joannis, 1929</small> Vietnam
- Hypenagonia obliquifascia <small>Wileman & South, 1917</small> Formosa
- Hypenagonia pallifurca <small>Holloway, 2008</small> Borneo
- Hypenagonia rosacea <small>(Bethune-Baker, 1908)</small> New Guinea
- Hypenagonia subsuffusata <small>Wileman & West, 1930</small> Formosa
- Hypenagonia vexataria <small>(Walker, 1861)</small> Borneo
- Hypenagonia vexatariola <small>(Strand, 1920)</small> Formosa
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