Lovegrass Noctuid Moth

Lovegrass Noctuid Moth
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Hypena
Species:	H. plagiota
Binomial name
Hypena plagiota (Meyrick, 1899)
Synonyms
Nesamiptis plagiota Meyrick, 1899 Nesamiptis proterortha Meyrick, 1928

The Lovegrass Noctuid Moth (Hypena plagiota) was a species of moth in the Noctuidae family. It was endemic to Kauai, Oahu and Maui.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Eragrostis species.

Source

• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Hypena plagiota. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.

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