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Chalky Snout

Hypena commixtalis

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Erebidae

Hypena laceratalis, the lantana defoliator, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was first described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is native to Africa (where it is known from Kenya, Socotra, Madagascar, Mascarenes) to Yemen, India and Myanmar but was deliberately introduced to Australia (where it now known from northern Queensland to Kempsey in New South Wales) via Hawaii in 1965 to control the weed Lantana camara.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 23France · 4