Green Cloverworm
Hypena scabra (Fabricius, 1798)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Lepidoptera |
| Family | Erebidae |
| Genus | Hypena |
| Species | Hypena scabra (Fabricius, 1798) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from four counties across three states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Illinois, Indiana, Virginia
Counties
- Illinois
- Jo Daviess
- Indiana
- Lawrence, Monroe
- Virginia
- Lee
Conservation and management
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N5 Secure
- United States
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Alberta
- SU Unrankable
- Prince Edward Island
- SU Unrankable
- Saskatchewan
- S3 Vulnerable
- New Brunswick
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Manitoba
- S3 Vulnerable
- Vermont
- SNR Unranked
- Virginia
- SNR Unranked
- Wisconsin
- SNR Unranked
- Wyoming
- SNR Unranked
- Indiana
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Arkansas
- SNR Unranked
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Montana
- SNR Unranked
- Kentucky
- SNR Unranked
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Banta, A.M. 1907. The fauna of Mayfield's Cave. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 67: 1–114. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60987.
- Peck, S.B. & Christiansen, K. 1990. Evolution and zoogeography of the invertebrate cave faunas of the Driftless Area of the upper Mississippi River Valley of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois, U.S.A. Canadian Journal of Zoology 68: 73–88. doi:10.1139/z90-012
- Trumbore, L.E., Reynolds, R.J., Thomas, S.C., Orndorff, W., Cramphorn, B., Gladstone, N.S., Harden, C.W., Lewis, J.J., Milne, M.A., Ober, K.A., Shear, W.A., Stephen, C.D.R. & Zigler, K.S. 2024. Cave biodiversity of Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 86: 13–24. doi:10.4311/2022LSC0116
How to cite this account
Hypena scabra (Fabricius, 1798). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1771. https://cavebiology.org/species/hypena-scabra/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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