Hypsopygia
Encyclopedia
Hypsopygia is a genus
of moths
belonging to the family
Pyralidae
. Though fairly small, they are large among their relatives.
Species
include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moths
Moths
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belonging to the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Pyralidae
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...
. Though fairly small, they are large among their relatives.
Species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
include:
- Hypsopygia costalisHypsopygia costalisThe gold triangle or clover hay moth is a species of moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in Europe. The wingspan is 16–23 mm. The adult moths fly from May to July, depending on the location. The supposed species H. aurotaenialis is included here pending further study.The caterpillars...
– Gold Triangle - Hypsopygia flavamaculata Shaffer, Nielsen & Horak, 1996 – formerly H. laticilialis Rothschild, 1916 (non Ragonot, 1916: preoccupied)
- Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833)