''Hypsopygia'' is a

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moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

s belonging to the

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Pyralidae The Pyralidae, commonly called pyralid moths, snout moths or grass moths, are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many (particularly older) classifications, the grass moths (Crambidae) are included in the Pyr ...

. Though fairly small, they are large among their relatives. It was described by

Jacob Hübner Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of '' ...

in 1825.

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:See references in Savela (2009) * '' Hypsopygia acerasta'' (Turner, 1904) * '' Hypsopygia albidalis'' (Walker, 1866) * '' Hypsopygia albilunalis'' (Caradja, 1927) * '' Hypsopygia albolinealis'' (Hampson, 1891) * '' Hypsopygia alluaudalis'' Leraut, 2006 * '' Hypsopygia almanalis'' (Rebel, 1917) * '' Hypsopygia ambrensis'' Leraut, 2006 * '' Hypsopygia amoenalis'' (Möschler, 1882) * '' Hypsopygia angulifascialis'' (Caradja, 1932) * '' Hypsopygia audeoudi'' (de Joannis, 1927) * '' Hypsopygia bamakoensis'' Leraut, 2006 * '' Hypsopygia biarealis'' (Caradja, 1925) * '' Hypsopygia bilinealis'' (South, 1901) * '' Hypsopygia binodulalis'' (Zeller, 1872) * '' Hypsopygia bistonalis'' (Walker, 1859) * '' Hypsopygia boudinoti'' Leraut, 2006 * '' Hypsopygia caesalis'' (Zeller, 1852) * '' Hypsopygia camerounalis'' Leraut, 2006 * '' Hypsopygia castanealis'' (Shibuya, 1928) * '' Hypsopygia castaneorufa'' (Hampson, 1917) * '' Hypsopygia chytriodes'' (Turner, 1911) * '' Hypsopygia cineralis'' (de Joannis, 1927) * '' Hypsopygia cohortalis'' (Grote, 1878) * '' Hypsopygia costaeguttalis'' Caradja, 1933 * '' Hypsopygia costalis'' (Fabricius, 1775) – gold triangle * '' Hypsopygia craspedalis'' (Hampson, 1906) * '' Hypsopygia datames'' (Druce, 1900) * '' Hypsopygia decetialis'' (Druce, 1900) * '' Hypsopygia decoloralis'' (Lederer, 1863) * '' Hypsopygia dharmsalae'' (Butler, 1889) * '' Hypsopygia drabicilialis'' (Yamanaka, 1968) * '' Hypsopygia ecbrunnealis'' (Hampson, 1917) * '' Hypsopygia ecrhodalis'' (Hampson, 1917) * '' Hypsopygia flammealis'' (Hampson, 1906) * '' Hypsopygia flavamaculata'' Shaffer, Nielsen & Horak, 1996 – formerly ''H. laticilialis'' Rothschild, 1916 (''non'' Ragonot, 1916: preoccupied) * '' Hypsopygia flavirufalis'' (Hampson, 1917) * '' Hypsopygia fulvocilialis'' (Duponchel, 1834) * '' Hypsopygia fuscalis'' (Hampson, 1891) * '' Hypsopygia glaucinalis'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Hypsopygia graafialis'' (Snellen, 1975) * '' Hypsopygia griseobrunnea'' (Hampson, 1917) * '' Hypsopygia griveaudalis'' Leraut, 2006 * '' Hypsopygia haemograpta'' (Meyrick, 1934) * '' Hypsopygia hoenei'' (Caradja, 1932) * '' Hypsopygia ignefimbrialis'' (Hampson, 1906) * '' Hypsopygia igniflualis'' (Walker, 1859) * '' Hypsopygia impurpuratalis'' (Dognin, 1910) * '' Hypsopygia incarnatalis'' (Zeller, 1847) * '' Hypsopygia intermedialis'' (Walker, 1862) * '' Hypsopygia iwamotoi'' Kirpichnikova & Yamanaka, 1995 * '' Hypsopygia jezoensis'' (Shibuya, 1928) * '' Hypsopygia joannisalis'' Leraut, 2006 * '' Hypsopygia kawabei'' Yamanaka, 1965 * '' Hypsopygia lacteocilia'' (Hampson, 1917) * '' Hypsopygia mabokealis'' Leraut, 2006 * '' Hypsopygia maesalis'' Leraut, 2006 * '' Hypsopygia marthalis'' (Walker, 1859) * '' Hypsopygia mauritialis'' (Boisduval, 1833) * '' Hypsopygia medialis'' (Hampson, 1903) * '' Hypsopygia melanthalis'' (Walker, 1859) * '' Hypsopygia meridocrossa'' (Meyrick, 1934) * '' Hypsopygia metayei'' Leraut, 2006 * '' Hypsopygia moramangalis'' (Marion & Viette, 1956) * '' Hypsopygia murzinalis'' Leraut, 2006 * '' Hypsopygia mus'' (Caradja, 1932) * '' Hypsopygia nannodes'' (Butler, 1879) * '' Hypsopygia nigrapuncta'' (Kaye, 1901) * '' Hypsopygia nigrivitta'' (Walker, 1863) * '' Hypsopygia nitidicilialis'' (Hering, 1901) * '' Hypsopygia nonusalis'' (Walker, 1859) * '' Hypsopygia nossibealis'' Leraut, 2006 * ''

Hypsopygia nostralis ''Hypsopygia nostralis'', the southern hayworm moth, is a species of snout moth. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It has a wide distribution and is found in most of South America, Saint Helena, Réunion, Mauritius, Puerto Rico and in ...

'' (Guenée, 1854) * '' Hypsopygia ochreicilia'' (Hampson, 1891) * '' Hypsopygia olapalis'' Viette, 1978 * '' Hypsopygia olinalis'' (Guenée, 1854) * '' Hypsopygia orthogramma'' (Inoue, 1960) * '' Hypsopygia pelasgalis'' (Walker, 1859) * '' Hypsopygia pernigralis'' (Ragonot, 1891) * '' Hypsopygia perpulverea'' (Hampson, 1917) * '' Hypsopygia phanerostola'' (Hampson, 1917) * '' Hypsopygia phoezalis'' (Dyar, 1908) * '' Hypsopygia placens'' (Butler, 1879) * '' Hypsopygia planalis'' (Grote, 1880) * '' Hypsopygia plumbeoprunalis'' (Hampson, 1917) * '' Hypsopygia postflava'' (Hampson, 1893) * '' Hypsopygia proboscidalis'' (Strand, 1919) * '' Hypsopygia purpureorufa'' (Hampson, 1917 ) * '' Hypsopygia pyrerythra'' (Hampson, 1917) * '' Hypsopygia racilialis'' (Walker, 1859) * '' Hypsopygia regina'' (Butler, 1879) * '' Hypsopygia repetita'' (Butler, 1887) * '' Hypsopygia resectalis'' (Lederer, 1863) * '' Hypsopygia roseotincta'' (Hampson, 1917) * '' Hypsopygia rubidalis'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) * '' Hypsopygia rudis'' (Moore, 1888) * '' Hypsopygia sericea'' (Warren, 1891) * '' Hypsopygia suffusalis'' (Walker, 1866) * '' Hypsopygia superba'' Caradja, 1934 * '' Hypsopygia tabidalis'' (Warren 1891) * '' Hypsopygia taiwanalis'' (Shibuya, 1928) * '' Hypsopygia thyellodes'' (Meyrick, 1934) * '' Hypsopygia thymetusalis'' (Walker, 1859) * '' Hypsopygia tripartitalis'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1871) * '' Hypsopygia tristalis'' (Hampson, 1906) * '' Hypsopygia vernaculalis'' (Berg, 1874) * '' Hypsopygia violaceomarginalis'' (Caradja, 1935) * '' Hypsopygia vulgaris'' (Ghesquière, 1942)

Footnotes

References

* * Pyralini Pyralidae genera {{Hypsopygia-stub