Hypena proboscidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Snout
72.0030 (B&F: 2477)
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Noctuoidea
»Family: Erebidae
»Subfamily: Hypeninae
»Tribe: Scoliopterygini
A resident species usually occurring sparingly or fairly commonly to commonly at mv light in a wide range of habitats. Probably generally distributed. Double-brooded, flying mainly and from mid-May to early August and again less numerously from late August to late October. Larvae feed on stinging nettle. (Pratt, 2011)
