The Hypeninae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. A notable species is Mecistoptera griseifusa,
Taxonomy
The subfamily was previously classified in the family Noctuidae. Several genera that were previously classified in the subfamily have been moved to the Rivulinae and Boletobiinae subfamilies of Erebidae, leaving the Hypeninae as a group of genera closely related to the type genus Hypena.
Genera
Aethalina Argania Arrade Artigisa Avirostrum Britha Calathusa Catada Catadoides Colobochyla Dichromia Elaphristis Epitripta Erna Esthlodora Foveades Goniocraspedon Goniophylla Harita Hepatica Hypena Hypenarana Hypertrocta Lophotoma Lysimelia Mecistoptera Meyrickella Naarda Panilla Paonidia Parilyrgis Paurophylla Pherechoa Philogethes Prionopterina Rhodina Rhynchina Rhynchodontodes Sandava Sarobela Stenopaltis Synolulis Tigrana
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