Hilo noctuid moth

{{short description|Species of moth}}

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| status = EX

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| genus = Hypena

| species = newelli

| authority = (Swezey, 1912)

| synonyms = *Nesamiptis newelli Swezey, 1912

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=World Conservation Monitoring Centre |date=1996 |title=Hypena newelli |volume=1996 |page=e.T10641A3207144 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10641A3207144.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

|extinct=yes}}

The Hilo noctuid moth (Hypena newelli) was a moth in the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1912.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=July 26, 2019 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/erebidae/hypeninae/hypena/#newelli |title=Hypena newelli (Swezey, 1913) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=February 12, 2020}} It was endemic to the island of Hawaii and is now extinct.

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