California Cloverworm Moth

Hypena californica

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae

Hypena californica, known generally as the California cloverworm moth or western bomolocha, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The larvae are food specialists, feeding mainly on the Urtica species, commonly known as nettles. The MONA or Hodges number for Hypena californica is 8462.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 61United States of America · 40

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Aiva Noringseth, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionHypena californica, Wikipedia contributors

California Cloverworm Moth

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