Hypenodes


Hypenodes is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae described by Doubleday in 1850.

Taxonomy

The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Strepsimaninae of the family Noctuidae.

Description

Palpi with second joint long and fringed with long hair above. Third joint short, naked and oblique. Frontal tuft is short. Antennae ringed and minutely ciliated in male. Thorax smoothly scaled. Abdomen with a basal dorsal tuft and almost naked tibia in legs. Forewings long and narrow. Veins 6 and 7 from near end of ell and stalked veins 8, 10 where vein 9 absent. Hindwings with veins 3,4 and 6,7 stalked. Vein 5 arise from middle of discocellulars.

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