Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859] -

Taxonomic Information

Hypena Schrank, 1802 species known from the Indian subregion.
Hypena abducalis Walker, [1859]. India. 
Hypena abnormalis Hampson, 1912. Sri Lanka.
Hypena abyssinialis Guenée, 1854. N. India. 
Hypena aenescens Hampson, 1907. S. India; Sri Lanka. 
Hypena albifusa Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris. 
Hypena albisigna (Moore, 1882). India: Meghalaya. 
Hypena assimilis Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris. 
Hypena castanealis Moore, 1867. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Hypena castaneipalpis Swinhoe, 1895. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji). 
Hypena colombana Moore, [1885]. Sri Lanka. 
Hypena conscitalis Walker, [1866]. India. 
Hypena cyanea (Hampson, 1893). Sri Lanka. 
Hypena daria Swinhoe, 1891. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Hypena denticulata (Moore, 1882). India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Hypena detersalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka. 
Hypena divaricata Moore, 1882. India: Assam, Meghalaya. 
Hypena duplicilinea Hampson, 1895.India:  Sikkim. 
Hypena elongalis (Fabricius, 1794). India: Nilgiris. 
Hypena extensa Walker, [1866]. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Hypena externa Moore, 1882. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Hypena gonospilalis Walker, [1866]. Indo-Australian tropics. 
Hypena griseapex Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris. 
Hypena griseipennis Moore, 1882. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji). 
Hypena hamata Hampson, 1895. India: Naga Hills. 
Hypena iconicalis Walker, [1859]. Indian subregion.
Hypena irrota (Wileman & South, 1917). Sikkim. 
Hypena jocosalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka; S. India. 
Hypena jugalis Walker, [1859]. E. Himalaya.
Hypena labatalis Walker, [1859]. India; Sri Lanka. 
Hypena laceratalis Walker, [1859]. Indian subregion.
Hypena lacessalis Walker, [1859]. N. India.
Hypena laxia Swinhoe, 1891. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).  
Hypena lignealis Walker, [1866]. Sri Lanka. 
Hypena lividalis (Hübner, 1796). Indo-Australian tropics. 
Hypena longipennis Walker, [1866]. India. 
Hypena mandatalis Walker, [1859]. India; Sri Lanka. 
Hypena mediana Moore, 1882. India: Parisnath, Jharkhand. 
Hypena minor Hampson, 1891. India: India: Nilgiris. 
Hypena molpusalis Walker, 1859. Sri Lanka. 
Hypena narratalis Walker, [1859]. N. India. 
Hypena nigrescens (Moore, 1881). India: Maharashtra (Mumbai). 
Hypena nocturnalis Swinhoe, 1896. India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji). 
Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]. Indo-Australian tropics. 
Hypena obductalis Walker, [1859]. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Hypena obfuscalis Hampson, 1893. Sri Lanka. 
Hypena obstupidalis Swinhoe, 1885. (Pune, Nilgiris) S. & W. India. 
Hypena olivaceoides Poole, 1989. India: Nilgiris. 
Hypena olypea (Swinhoe, 1918). Mumbai, Maharashtra. 
Hypena ophiusoides Moore, 1882. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Hypena perdricipennis Hampson, 1898. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills). 
Hypena persimilis Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena phecomalis Swinhoe, 1905. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).  
Hypena quaesitalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka.
Hypena rhombalis Guenée, 1854. India. 
Hypena rivula Hampson, 1907. India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai). 
Hypena robustalis Snellen, 1880. India. 
Hypena rostralis (Linnaeus, 1758). N. India. 
Hypena rufirena Hampson, 1895. India: Sikkim. 
Hypena similata Moore, 1882. N. India. 
Hypena sinuisigna Hampson, 1907. Sri Lanka. 
Hypena squamea Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris. 
Hypena strigatus (Fabricius, 1798). Indo-Australian tropics.
Hypena strigifascia Moore, 1882. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). 
Hypena strigosa Hampson, 1891. India: Nilgiris.
Hypena surreptalis Walker, [1859]. Sri Lanka. 
Hypena telamonalis Walker, [1859].E. Himalaya. 
Hypena tortuosa Moore, 1882. India: West Bengal (Darjeeling). Meghalaya.
Hypena umbripennis Moore, 1882. India: Meghalaya (Khasi Hills).  
Hypena uncipennis Swinhoe, 1895.  India: Meghalaya (Cherrapunji). 
Hypena uniformis Hampson, 1891. Nilgiris. 
Hypena uniformoides Poole, 1989. India: Meghalaya. 
Hypena varialis Walker, [1866]. Indian subregion.
Hypena vestita (Moore, [1885]). India; Sri Lanka.

Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859] is treated as a synonym of Hypena simplicalis Zeller, 1852 on iNaturalist. This treatment needs investigation. 

Hypena cidarioides Moore, 1882 is a synonym of Dichromia indicatalis (Walker, [1859]). 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844) is a similar species. 
Lödl, M., 1994. Zur Wiederauffindung der Type von Rhynchina obliqualis (Kollar, 1844)[Hypena] comb. n. im Naturhistorischen Museum in Wien, nebst Bemerkungen zur Synonymie (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie B für Botanik und Zoologie, pp.369-372. Download at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ANNA_96B_0369-0372.pdf

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Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh11
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu
Delhi2
Goa
Gujarat1
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala1
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra2111
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Paschimbanga12
Pondicherry
Punjab
Rajasthan1
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total22121152
  1. OD: Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859]. List Spec. Lepid. Insects Colln Br. Mus. 16: 53; TL: Congo. Text at https://archive.org/details/listofspecimenso1618brit/page/53/mode/1up?view=theater. (Congo & Sri Lanka). 
  2. Kononenko, V. S. & A. Pinratana. 2013. Moths of Thailand, Volume 3: Noctuoidea Part 2: Addendum to Vol. 3, Part 1, Families Erebidae, Nolidae, Euteliidae, Noctuidae and Checklist. Brothers of St. Gabriel in Thailand, Bangkok. 625 pp. + 55 pls. Pl. 4/21-22. 
  3. http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/hypn/obacerralis.html 
  4. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/480246-Hypena-obacerralis
  5. https://www.africanmoths.com/pages/EREBIDAE/HYPENIINAE/hypena%20obacerralis.html

Note: Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859] is treated as a synonym of Hypena simplicalis Zeller, 1852 on iNaturalist. This treatment needs investigation (SS, 28 Mar 2024).

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Hypena obacerralis Walker, [1859] – . In Sondhi, S., Y. Sondhi, R.P. Singh, P. Roy and K. Kunte (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.72. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://moths.ncbs.res.in/hypena-obacerralis, accessed 2024/03/28.