Hypena minualis Guenée, 1854 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Hypena minualis Guenée, 1854

Hypena minualis Guenée, 1854

Hypena minualis, the sooty hypena or sooty bomolocha moth, is an erebid moth found in North America first described in 1854.

Family
Genus
Hypena
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Hypena minualis Guenée, 1854

Hypena minualis, commonly known as the sooty hypena or sooty bomolocha moth, is a species of moth belonging to the family Erebidae. Achille Guenée first described this species in 1854. It can be found in North America. In the MONA (Hodges) numbering system, Hypena minualis is assigned the number 8457.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Hypena

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