Hypsipyla grandella

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| taxon = Hypsipyla grandella

| authority = (Zeller, 1848)

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• Nephopteryx grandella Zeller, 1848
• Hypsipyla cnabella Dyar, 1914

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Hypsipyla grandella is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in southern Florida (United States), most of the West Indies, Sinaloa and southward in Mexico, Central America, South America except Chile and in Mauritius.[http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/al012e/al012e00.pdf FAO Forrestry Dep. - Overview of Forrest Pest in Mauritius]

The larvae cause damage by feeding on new shoots of mahogany (Swietenia spp.) and cedro (also known as Spanish-cedar and tropical-cedar; Cedrela spp.). H. grandella feeds on the West Indies mahoganies in southern Florida, which restricts the reproduction of the mahogany population.{{Cite journal|last=Howard|first=F.W.|date=March 1997|title=The Seasonal Abundance and Feeding Damage of Hypsipyla grandella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Seed Capsules of Swietenia mahagoni in Florida|journal=Florida Entomological Society|volume=80|issue=1 |pages=34–41|doi=10.2307/3495974 |jstor=3495974 |doi-access=free}} The insects prefer a tree that gets full sun light, and isn't being shaded by a canopy level.{{Cite journal|last=Dos Reis|first=S.M.|date=2018|title=Growth and yield of mahogany wood in cocoa-based agroforestry systems of two soil types in the Brazilian Amazon|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10457-018-0327-2|journal=Agroforestry Systems|volume=93|issue=6 |pages=2163–2172|doi=10.1007/s10457-018-0327-2 |s2cid=254188014 |via=SpringLink}}

The larvae are often called mahogany shoot borers, but the name may differ by country.{{cite web|url=http://planvivo.org.34spreview.com/wp-content/uploads/tropical_taungya_system1.pdf |title=planvivo |accessdate=2011-10-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919154329/http://planvivo.org.34spreview.com/wp-content/uploads/tropical_taungya_system1.pdf |archivedate=2011-09-19 }}