Hymenoptychis sordida

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| image = Hymenoptychis sordida (15686189619).jpg

| image_caption = Clump Point, Mission Beach, Queensland, Australia

| taxon = Hymenoptychis sordida

| authority = Zeller, 1852

| synonyms =

• Botys pterophoralis Walker, 1866
• Hymenoptychis pterophoralis (Walker, 1866)
• Syrbatis tipuliformis Walker, 1863
• Hymenoptychis tipuliformis (Walker, 1863)

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Hymenoptychis sordida, the pneumatophore moth, is a moth of the family Crambidae. The species was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852. It is known from Australia, southern and South-East Asia, several Pacific islands, Seychelles, South Africa, Madagascar and the United Arab Emirates.{{cite web |last1=De Prins |first1=J. |last2=De Prins |first2=W. |name-list-style=amp |date=2018 |url=http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/HYMESORD |title=Hymenoptychis sordida Zeller, 1852 |website=Afromoths |accessdate=29 May 2018}}

The larvae of this species are brown and live in mangroves where they feed on vegetarian detritus. The wingspan is about 25 mm.{{cite web |last1=Herbison-Evans |first1=Don |last2=Crossley |first2=Stella |name-list-style=amp |date=31 January 2013 |url=http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/spil/sordida.html |title=Hymenoptychis sordida Zeller, 1852 Pneumatophore Moth |website=Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths |accessdate=29 May 2018}}

Known food plants are Acanthaceae (Avicennia marina and Avicennia sp.).Asselbergs, 2008. "Order Lepidoptera, superfamily Pyraloidea". In: van Harten, A. (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the UAE Volume I. 1 (2007):469–561