1. Falter

1-2: Kap Verde, Santo Antão, Lombo Comprido, Bergregion, ca. 300 m, 7. bzw. 9. November 2012, am Licht (Fotos: Stefan Egli), det. Egbert FriedrichForum

2. Diagnosis

1-3: ♂, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

1-3: ♀, data see label (coll. & photos: Egbert Friedrich)

2.1. Original description

1-2: Walker ([1859]: 60-61) [from copyright-free scans at www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Further information

3.1. Synonyms

• Hypena senectalis Guenée, 1862 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hypena hemigrammalis Mabille, 1880 [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hypena comptalis Moore, [1885] [synonym according to funet.fi]
• Hypena acrocompsa Turner, 1932 [synonym according to funet.fi]

3.2. Literature

• Original description: Walker, F. [1859] (“1858”): List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 16: 1-253.