Lovegrass noctuid moth

The lovegrass noctuid moth (Hypena plagiota) was a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It was endemic to Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, and Maui but is now considered extinct.^[1]

Lovegrass noctuid moth
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Hypena
Species:	†H. plagiota
Binomial name
†Hypena plagiota (Meyrick, 1899)
Synonyms
Nesamiptis plagiota Meyrick, 1899 Nesamiptis proterortha Meyrick, 1928

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Eragrostis species.