Hypena proboscidalis: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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Where the hypena proboscidalis lives – recorded in 16 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 83,906 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See butterflies & moths on the world map

Scientific name	Hypena proboscidalis
Group	Butterflies & moths
Found in	16 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Erebidae

Where does the hypena proboscidalis live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the hypena proboscidalis in 16 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the hypena proboscidalis?

The hypena proboscidalis (Hypena proboscidalis) is an insect in the order Lepidoptera and the family Erebidae, genus Hypena. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the hypena proboscidalis

Hypena proboscidalis, the snout, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hypena proboscidalis (revision 1324009048), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q217603 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).