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