''Hypsopygia'' is a
genus
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of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s belonging to the
family
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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 Pyrali ...
. 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
''Dolichomia'' is a genus of Pyralidae, snout moths in the subfamily Phycitinae. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot in 1891. It is mostly treated as a synonym of ''Hypsopygia'' or ''Herculia (moth), Herculia'', which in turn is also mostly ...
'', ''Pseudasopia'', ''
Orthopygia'' and ''
Ocrasa'' are mostly merged into ''Hypsopygia'', although some authors still treat them as distinct genera.
Species
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
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
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linn ...
)
* ''
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''
(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
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Pyralini
Pyralidae genera
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