Hypena occata Moore, 1882

Jin, Dahee, Kim, Sung-Soo, Shin, Bora & Choi, Sei-Woong, 2025, An updated list of the genus Hypena Schrank (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) from Korea with five additional records to the fauna, Biodiversity Data Journal 13, pp. e 155581-e 155581 : e155581-

Hypena occata Moore, 1882

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: 266524F2-CE7F-5ED5-B70C-C9CA676AA39C; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena occata ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: GN; county: Tongyeong; locality: Sanyang-eup ; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 10/8/2014; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: B15117E1-7409-58E1-8476-EF2ADB330709; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena occata ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: GN; county: Tongyeong; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 8/24/2019; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: A7943CBA-74B8-56BF-9FB3-DF15CCA00E35; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena occata ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: GN; county: Geoje; locality: Hakdong-ri, Dongbu-myeon ; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 4/9/2014; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: BD337962-93CC-55A5-9643-14F5D28EA9D7; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena occata ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: JJ; county: Jeju; locality: Gujwa-eup ; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 10/3/2000; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: BD2B6CA7-DAB3-5B04-9C4D-013E56FD819D; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena occata ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: JJ; county: Jeju; locality: Gujwa-eup ; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 10/3/2000; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: 76D67263-0CB4-57EA-85E1-340EC3207B23; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena occata ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: JJ; county: Jeju; locality: Jeoji-ri, Hangyeong-myeon ; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 3/20/2020; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: E2C0F95C-EFC3-5F7C-A75A-19214A01E78C; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena occata ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: JJ; county: Seogwipo; locality: Sagye-ri, Andeok-myeon ; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 6/23/2017; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Choi, Sei-Woong; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: Mokpo National University; occurrenceID: 14DDB563-92CF-52E6-BD14-4504980B3033; Taxon: scientificName: Hypena occata ; Location: country: South Korea; stateProvince: JJ; county: Seogwipo; locality: Jungmun-dong ; Identification: identifiedBy: Sung-Soo Kim; dateIdentified: 2024; Event: samplingProtocol: Ultraviolet bucket trap; samplingEffort: 6 trapping hours; eventDate: 3/28/2018; Record Level: modified: 3 / 30 / 2025; language: en; collectionCode: Insects; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Distribution

Korea, Japan, Taiwan.

Notes

Leech (1889) recorded this species from Wonsan (Gensan), North Korea. Based on the specimens examined in this study, the first record of the species is ambiguous (Figs 2 f , 3 a ).

Figures

Figure 2 f. Hypena occata, male.

Figure 3 a. Hypena occata, female;