Hypsopygia nostralis

Hypsopygia nostralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Hypsopygia[1]
Species: H. nostralis
Binomial name
Hypsopygia nostralis
(Guenée, 1854)[2]
Synonyms
  • Pyralis nostralis Guenée, 1854
  • Ocrasa nostralis
  • Herculia nostralis
  • Herculia psammioxantha Dyar, 1917
  • Herculia sordidalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
  • Herculia venezuelensis Amsel, 1956
  • Parasopia dissimilalis Möschler, 1890
  • Pyralis helenensis E. Wollaston, 1879
  • Ocrasa helenensis

Hypsopygia nostralis, the southern hayworm moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypsopygia. It was described by Guenée in 1854. It has a wide distribution and is found in most of South America, Saint Helena, Puerto Rico[1] and in the southern United States, from Texas to Florida.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Bug Guide


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