bio.wikisort.org - Animal

Hypenodes sombrus is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Douglas C. Ferguson in 1954.[1] It is found in Canada from Nova Scotia to western Alberta. The habitat consists of bogs, cattail marshes, dry pine and other woodlands.

Hypenodes sombrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Hypenodes
Species:	H. sombrus
Binomial name
Hypenodes sombrus Ferguson, 1954

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. The forewings are dark brown to dull black brown. The hindwings are slightly paler sooty brown and darker toward the margin. Adults have been collected in July. There seems to be one generation per year.[2]

References

---