Genus

Hypena

Hypena californica. Photo: (c) Greg Schrott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Hypena is a genus of moths in the Erebidae family. These non-migratory moths overwinter as pupae and almost never come to bait as adults.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
        Superfamily: Noctuoidea (Owlet moths and allies)
        Family: Erebidae (Underwing, tiger, tussock, and allied moths)
        Subfamily: Hypeninae (Hypenine snout moths)
        Genus: Hypena
        Species: Hypena californica (California cloverworm moth)

Subtaxa

Species: Hypena californica (California cloverworm moth)

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