Laysan dropseed noctuid moth
Extinct species of moth
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The Laysan dropseed noctuid moth (Hypena laysanensis) was a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1914.[2] This species is now extinct.
| Laysan dropseed noctuid moth | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | Hypena |
| Species: | †H. laysanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Hypena laysanensis (Swezey, 1914) | |
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This moth was endemic to Laysan Island, one of the outlying Hawaiian Islands of the United States.
The larvae have been recorded on Sporobolus species.
