Hypeninae (subfamily)
Snout Moth at O'Connor, ACT
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| Hypeninae (subfamily) | ibaird | 4 Apr 2021 | |
| Hypeninae (subfamily) | donhe | 4 Apr 2021 | |
| Hypena subvittalis | ibaird | 4 Apr 2021 |
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Attracted to UV light at night (50w Gecko).
2 comments
4 Apr 2021
Worn. I'm confident this is Hypena (genus), although not 100% sure this is H. subvittalis cf. to H. masuaralis. I have suggested H. subvittalis based on similar ALA images.
4 Apr 2021
See AFD:
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Rhynchina_obliquarlis
Hypena masurialis Guenée, 1854 is the junior synonym of Rhynchina obliquarlis Kollar's 1844. Kollar's holotype was lost for a period, during which the replacement name Hypena masurialis Guenée, 1854, was suggested. Subsequently the holotype was found, and so now the junior replacement name is no longer used.
How one distinguishes the genus Rhynchina from Hypena, and R. obliquarlis from H. subvitalis and H. obacerralis is beyond me.
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Rhynchina_obliquarlis
Hypena masurialis Guenée, 1854 is the junior synonym of Rhynchina obliquarlis Kollar's 1844. Kollar's holotype was lost for a period, during which the replacement name Hypena masurialis Guenée, 1854, was suggested. Subsequently the holotype was found, and so now the junior replacement name is no longer used.
How one distinguishes the genus Rhynchina from Hypena, and R. obliquarlis from H. subvitalis and H. obacerralis is beyond me.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113368-35.259590
- Altitude 592.4m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Apr 2021 09:33 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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- Insects Moths (Lepidoptera) Noctuoid moths (except Arctiinae) ibaird Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Hypeninae (subfamily)
Species information
- Hypeninae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Snout Moth Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 592.4m to 607.2m Recorded at altitude
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