Hypena cowani Viette, 1968

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Higher taxa:	Erebidae (family)/  Hypeninae (subfamily)/  Hypena (genus)/  Trichypena (subgenus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Viette, 1968
Citation:	Hypena cowani n. sp.
Original genus:	Hypena
Publication:	Viette P. 1968c. Noctuelles quadrifides de Madagascar nouvelles ou peu connues, III (Lep. Noctuidae).
Journal:	Lambillionea
Volume:	67
Issue:	1–2
Pagination:	17, fig. 8

Hypena cowani (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Hypena cowani Viette, 1968	Holotype	♂	MNHN	Holotype ♂, genitalia slide M. Lödl 341♂, MNHN.	Madagascar	Madagascar E, road from Moramanga to Anosibe at km 57, 17.ii.1955, leg. P. Viette.

Distribution note:

The records of continental Africa (Lödl 1994h: 471) need confirmation; confirmed by H. Hacker (2021: 123).

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Hypena cowani Viette, 1968	Angola		Hacker H. H. 2021. Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Herminiinae and Hypenodinae (Erebidae). Evolution of diversity of the African flora and fauna. — In: Hacker H. (ed.), Moths of Africa, Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. page 123
Hypena cowani Viette, 1968	Cameroon		Hacker H. H. 2021. Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Herminiinae and Hypenodinae (Erebidae). Evolution of diversity of the African flora and fauna. — In: Hacker H. (ed.), Moths of Africa, Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. page 123
Hypena cowani Viette, 1968	Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	Orientale	Hacker H. H. 2021. Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Herminiinae and Hypenodinae (Erebidae). Evolution of diversity of the African flora and fauna. — In: Hacker H. (ed.), Moths of Africa, Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. page 123
Hypena cowani Viette, 1968	Côte d'Ivoire		Hacker H. H. 2021. Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Herminiinae and Hypenodinae (Erebidae). Evolution of diversity of the African flora and fauna. — In: Hacker H. (ed.), Moths of Africa, Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. page 123
Hypena cowani Viette, 1968	Equatorial Guinea	Bioko	Hacker H. H. 2021. Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Herminiinae and Hypenodinae (Erebidae). Evolution of diversity of the African flora and fauna. — In: Hacker H. (ed.), Moths of Africa, Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. page 123
Hypena cowani Viette, 1968	Ethiopia		Hacker H. H. 2021. Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Herminiinae and Hypenodinae (Erebidae). Evolution of diversity of the African flora and fauna. — In: Hacker H. (ed.), Moths of Africa, Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. page 123
Hypena cowani Viette, 1968	Gabon		Hacker H. H. 2021. Rivulinae, Hypeninae, Herminiinae and Hypenodinae (Erebidae). Evolution of diversity of the African flora and fauna. — In: Hacker H. (ed.), Moths of Africa, Systematic and illustrated catalogue of the Heterocera (Lepidoptera) of Africa. page 123
Hypena cowani Viette, 1968	Liberia		page M. Stanton
Hypena cowani Viette, 1968	Madagascar		Viette P. 1968c. Noctuelles quadrifides de Madagascar nouvelles ou peu connues, III (Lep. Noctuidae). page 17
Hypena cowani Viette, 1968	Nigeria		Lödl M. 1994h. Revision der Gattung Hypena Schrank 1802 s.l., der äthiopischen und madagassischen Region, Teil 1 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae). page 471
Hypena cowani Viette, 1968	Sao Tome & Principe	São Tomé	Wojtusiak J. 1996c. The check-list of the Noctuidae Moths of the São Tomé and Principe Islands in the Gulf of Guinea, with notes on their geographical distribution. Part III. Catocalinae, Ophiderinae, Hypeninae, Hypenodinae. page 691
Hypena cowani Viette, 1968	Sierra Leone		page R. Goff
Hypena cowani Viette, 1968	Tanzania		page NHMO
Hypena cowani Viette, 1968	Uganda		Lödl M. 1994h. Revision der Gattung Hypena Schrank 1802 s.l., der äthiopischen und madagassischen Region, Teil 1 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae). page 471

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Hypena cowani (1)

Hypena cowani (2)

Hypena cowani (3)

Hypena cowani (4)

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