Hypsopygia Explained

Hypsopygia is a genus of moths belonging to the family Pyralidae. Though fairly small, they are large among their relatives. It was described by Jacob Hübner 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:^[1]

• 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 (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)

References

• • Web site: Savela . Markku . Hypsopygia Hübner, 1825 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . December 8, 2017.

Notes and References

1. See references in Savela (2009)