HYPENINAE
(snouts and fan-foots)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Hypena a genus of snouts					Genus	2 subtaxa	25 images	2 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

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)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J.	1983	Noctuidae (Cucullinae to Hypeninae) and Agaristidae (vol 10)	The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 10, Harley Books

HYPENINAE (snouts and fan-foots) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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 HYPENINAE (snouts and fan-foots)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HYPENINAE (snouts and fan-foots)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

HYPENINAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)