Hypsopygia thymetusalis

Hypsopygia thymetusalis, the spruce needleworm moth or paler dolichomia moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypsopygia. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859 and is found in the northeastern United States and adjoining Canada west to British Columbia.^[2]

Hypsopygia thymetusalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Hypsopygia
Species:	H. thymetusalis
Binomial name
Hypsopygia thymetusalis (Walker, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
Botus thymetusalis Walker, 1859 Dolichomia thymetusalis Herculia thymetusalis Asopia devialis Grote, 1875

The wingspan is about 22 mm.

The larvae feed on Picea species. They roll the leaves of their host plant.