''Hypsotropa purpurella'' is a species of

snout moth 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 Pyralida ...

in the genus ''

Hypsotropa ''Hypsotropa'' is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848. The type species is '' Hypsotropa limbella''. Species * '' Hypsotropa adumbratella'' Ragonot, 1888 * '' Hypsotropa atakorella'' (Marion, 1957) * '' ...

''. It was described by

George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills o ...

in 1918 and is known from central

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

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Moths described in 1918 Taxa named by George Hampson Anerastiini {{Anerastiini-stub