Laysan dropseed noctuid moth
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Hypena |
| Species: | H. laysanensis |
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Hypena laysanensis (Swezey, 1914) |
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The Laysan dropseed noctuid moth (Hypena laysanensis) was a species of moth in the Noctuidae family. This species is now extinct.
This moth was endemic to Laysan Island, one of the Outlying Hawaiian Islands, United States.
The larvae have been recorded on Sporobolus species.
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