Hypocoena stigmatica

Hypocoena stigmatica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Hypocoena
Species:	H. stigmatica
Binomial name
Hypocoena stigmatica (Eversmann, 1855)
Synonyms
Leucania stigmatica Eversmann, 1855 Tapinostola lagunica Graeser, 1889 Chortodes stigmatica Photedes stigmatica Hypocoena (Chortodes) stigmatica Chortodes dispersa

Hypocoena stigmatica [1] is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found on the Faroe Islands and Iceland, as well as parts of Russia and Alaska.

The length of the fore wings is about 13 mm.

The larvae probably feed on Ammophila and Leymus species.

Subspecies

• Hypocoena stigmatica stigmatica (Southern Urals to Transbaikalia to Amur, Magadan, Alaska)
• Hypocoena stigmatica dispersa (Faroe Islands, Iceland)

References

1. Poole, R. W. (1989). Lepidopterorum Catalogus (New Series) Fascicle 118, Noctuidae Archived September 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. CRC Press. ISBN 0-916846-45-8, ISBN 978-0-916846-45-9.

External links

• Chortodes stigmatica (Eversmann, 1855) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) – a moth new to Surtsey, 1995
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