Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Hypenagonia Hampson, 1893 . Illust. typical spec. lepid. Het. Colln Br. Mus. 9 : 30 [list], 122.    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
NOCTUOIDEA : NOCTUIDAE : HYPENINAE

Type-species:
Acidalia vexataria Walker, 1861. List Spec. lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. : 767.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by subsequent designation by Hampson , 1895. Fauna Br. India (Moths), 3: 100.    [BHL]

Type specimens:
Lectotype - female BORNEO [MALAYSIA]: Sarawak, (UM, Oxford)..

Lectotype Desig. by:Swinhoe, 1900, Cat. east. and Aust. Lepid. Heterocera 2: 216 (as type)

Notes:
Poole (1989) included HYPENARANA Bethune-Baker, 1908; and HYPENAGONIODES Strand, 1920 as junior synonyms of HYPENAGONIA Hampson, 1893.

Poole (1989) included 21 species in the genus HYPENAGONIA.

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