Laysan dropseed noctuid moth
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The Laysan dropseed noctuid moth (Hypena laysanensis) was a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1914.[2] This species is now extinct.
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Laysan dropseed noctuid moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Genus: | Hypena |
Species: | †H. laysanensis |
Binomial name | |
†Hypena laysanensis (Swezey, 1914) | |
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This moth was endemic to Laysan Island, one of the outlying Hawaiian Islands of the United States.
The larvae have been recorded on Sporobolus species.