On the species formerly assigned to Schrankia Hübner (Erebidae: Hypenodinae) in the Western Hemisphere, with the revalidation of Hypenopsis Dyar and descriptions of three new species

Abstract

The genus Hypenopsis Dyar, 1913 (type species: Hypenodes macula Druce, 1891) is removed from synonymy with Schrankia Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Hypenodinae) and reinstated as valid. Hypenopsis and its type species H. macula (Druce, 1891) are both redescribed based on the first morphological study of the genitalia of its two syntypes, and a lectotype is designated. Three new species are described based on morphology and supported by COI sequence data: