Hypena masurialis Guenée, 1854
(erroneously: Hypaena ferriscitalis)
 HYPENINAE ,   NOCTUIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley

(updated 9 August 2011)


(Photo: courtesy of Nick Monaghan, Tewantin, Queensland)

The Caterpillars of this species have been found feeding on :

  • Wandering Jew ( Commelina cyanea, COMMELINACEAE ).


    oops: slightly missing the starboard rear wing!
    (Specimen: from Wingham, New South Wales,
    courtesy of the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney)

    The adult moths have dark brown wings with a diagonal line from near the wingtip to halfway along the rear edge of each forewing. They have a wingspan of about 2 cms.

    Specimens have been taken in

  • Africa,
  • Cook Islands,
  • Fiji,
  • Japan,
  • Taiwan,
    and in Australia in
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • New South Wales,
  • Queensland, and
  • Norfolk Island.

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia, Melbourne University Press, 1990, p. 448.

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