Hypena rostralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Buttoned Snout)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hypena rostralis (Buttoned Snout)
Genus	Hypena (a genus of snouts)
Subfamily	HYPENINAE (snouts and fan-foots)
Family	EREBIDAE (a family of moths)
Superfamily	NOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
Clade	Macrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
Clade	Obtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
Clade	Apoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Hypena rostralis is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Apoditrysia)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Parsons, M.S., Fox, R., Conrad, K.F., Woiwod, I.P. & Warren, M.S.	2005	British moths: throwing light on a new conservation challenge	British Wildlife Vol 16, No. 6: 386-394.
	Westminster biodiversity action plan	2007	Buttoned Snout Moth Hypena rostralis

Hypena rostralis (Buttoned Snout) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HYPENINAE
(snouts and fan-foots)

Macrolepidoptera
(macro-moths)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hypena rostralis (Buttoned Snout)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hypena rostralis (Buttoned Snout)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hypena rostralis is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)