Hypsopygia mauritialis
Hypsopygia mauritialis is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. It is a widespread species, known from Africa, India, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Australia and Hawaii.
Hypsopygia mauritialis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Hypsopygia |
Species: | H. mauritialis |
Binomial name | |
Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833) | |
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The wingspan is 16–21 mm.
The larvae feed in the old nests of Vespinae wasps, including Polistes species.
External links
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.
- Japanese Moths
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