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Hypenine Snout Moth (Hypeninae sp)

Hypenine Snout Moth (Hypeninae sp)
Hypenine Snout Moth (Hypeninae sp)

About Hypenine Snout Moth (Hypeninae sp)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Arthropods
  • Class: Insects
  • Order: Butterflies and Moths
  • Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths

The Hypeninae are a subfamily of moths in the family Erebidae. The taxon was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1851. A notable species is Mecistoptera griseifusa, which lives solely on tears it drinks with its proboscis.

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