Hypocoena stigmatica

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.

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

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.


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