Hypsopygia

Hypsopygia
Adult Gold Triangle (H. costalis) specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Subfamily: Pyralinae
Tribe: Pyralini
Genus: Hypsopygia
Hübner, 1825
Synonyms
  • Hypsopyga (lapsus)
  • Pseudasopia Grote, 1873
  • Herculia Walker, 1859
    • Bejuda Walker, [1866]
    • Bleone Ragonot, 1890
    • Buzala Walker, 1863
    • Cisse Walker, 1863
    • Herculea (lapsus)
  • Dolichomia Ragonot, 1891
  • Ocrasa Walker, [1866]
    • Orthopygia Ragonot, 1891
    • Parasopia Möschler, 1890

Hypsopygia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. Though fairly small, they are large among their relatives.

Taxonomy

The genera Herculia, Dolichomia, Pseudasopia, Orthopygia and Ocrasa are mostly merged into Hypsopygia, although some authors still treat them as distinct genera.

Species

Species include:[1]

Footnotes

  1. See references in Savela (2009)

References

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