Hypena polycyma

Hypena polycyma is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by George Hampson in 1902. This species is known from South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar and Réunion.^[1]

Hypena polycyma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Hypena
Species:	H. polycyma
Binomial name
Hypena polycyma Hampson, 1902

It is dark brown, struck with black and has a wingspan of 34 mm.^[2] This species can easily be confused with Hypena vulgatalis.^[3]