| FAMILY |
Erebidae |
| SUBFAMILY |
Hypeninae
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| GENUS |
Hypena |
| SPECIES |
viettei
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| AUTHOR | Guillermet, 1992 |
| ORIGINAL COMBINATION | Hypena viettei n. sp. |
| TYPE LOCALITY | Réunion, Belvédère du Cap Noir, 1100 m, 10.iv.1983, leg. C. Guillermet.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES |
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| TYPE SPECIMEN(S) | Holotype ♂, genitalia slide C. Guillermet 205♂, MNHN; Allotype ♀, genitalia slide C. Guillermet 206♀, MNHN.
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| STATUS |
Species |
| COMMENT | Systematic position unclear (M. Lödl 1994h: 279). Transferred to Chusaris by H. Hacker (2021: 396). Because of mainly biological reasons, the species does belong to Herminiinae (J. Rochat i.l. 07.viii.2021). Therefore, we leave the species in Hypena. |
| PUBLICATION |
Guillermet C. 1992. Contribution à l'étude des Lépidoptères Hétérocères de la Réunion. Description de neuf nouvelles espèces de Noctuidae quadrifides. - L'Entomologiste 48(5):265-281.
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| PAGINATION |
279-281, figs 9, 10
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