Hypena puncticosta Prout A. E., 1925

FAMILY	Erebidae
SUBFAMILY	Hypeninae
GENUS	Hypena
SPECIES	puncticosta
AUTHOR	Prout A. E., 1925
ORIGINAL COMBINATION	Hypena puncticosta sp. n.
TYPE LOCALITY	[South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal], Natal, Durban, 26.iv.1923, leg. E. E. Platt.
GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES	Latitude: -29°51'31" Longitude: 31°1'18"
TYPE SPECIMEN(S)	Lectotype ♂, designated by Lödl (1994h: 538), genitalia slide 2913♂, BMNH; Paralectotype 1♂, BMNH.
STATUS	Species
COMMENT	Transferred to the subgenus Ophiuche by H. Hacker (2021: 132).
PUBLICATION	Prout A. E. 1925. Seven apparently new S. African Noctuidae. - The Entomologist 58:213–218.
PAGINATION	217

Species pictures

Species Distribution

COUNTRY	PROVINCE/STATE	PUBLICATION	PAGE
Comoros	Grande Comore (Ngazidja)	Lödl M. 1994h. Revision der Gattung Hypena Schrank 1802 s.l., der äthiopischen und madagassischen Region, Teil 1 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae). - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 96B:373–590.	538
Malawi		Fletcher D. S. 1963a. Exploration du Parc National Albert (deuxième série). 1. Geometridae; 2. Noctuidae. - — 15(1):1–70, 14 pls; 2: 71–155, 14 pls.	117
Mozambique		Fletcher D. S. 1963a. Exploration du Parc National Albert (deuxième série). 1. Geometridae; 2. Noctuidae. - — 15(1):1–70, 14 pls; 2: 71–155, 14 pls.	117
South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Prout A. E. 1925. Seven apparently new S. African Noctuidae. - The Entomologist 58:213–218.	217
São Tomé & Príncipe	Príncipe	Lödl M. 1994h. Revision der Gattung Hypena Schrank 1802 s.l., der äthiopischen und madagassischen Region, Teil 1 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae). - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 96B:373–590.	538

Notes: The records of DR Congo, Tanzania and Uganda (Fletcher D.S. 1963a: 117), Ethiopia and Kenya (Lödl 1994h: 538), and Yemen (Hacker et al. 2001: 611) refer to Hypena albizona D. S. Fletcher, 1961 (see H. Hacker 2021: 139).

Host Plants

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