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.

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.
  • Japanese Moths


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