Hypenagonia is a
genus of
moths of the family
Erebidae first described by
George Hampson in 1893.[1][2][3] The adult moths have pale brown wings with a dark band across each wing. The wingspan of these moths is about 1 centimeter.[4]
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.[5]
^Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (22 July 2012).
"Hypenagonia mesoscia (Turner, 1933)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 31 July 2018.