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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Hypsopygia
Species:	H. mauritialis
Binomial name
Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833)
Synonyms
Asopia mauritialis Boisduval, 1833 Pyralis lucillalis Walker, 1859 Pyralis regalis Walker, 1865 Pyralis ducalis Walker, 1865 Hypsopygia laticilialis Ragonot, 1891 Hypsopygia maritialis Paraglossa mauritialis Endotricha crobulus Lucas, 1891 Hypsopygia atralis Caradja, 1932 Hypsopygia pfeifferi Amsel, 1954

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. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.
• Japanese Moths