Hypsopygia mauritialis
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| genus = Hypsopygia
| species = mauritialis
| authority = (Boisduval, 1833)
| synonyms =
- Asopia mauritialis Boisduval, 1833
- Pyralis lucillalis Walker, 1859
- Pyralis regalis Walker, 1865
- Pyralis ducalis Walker, 1865
- Hypsopygia laticilialis Ragonot, 1891
- Hypsopygia maritialis
- Paraglossa mauritialis
- Endotricha crobulus Lucas, 1891
- Hypsopygia atralis Caradja, 1932
- Hypsopygia pfeifferi Amsel, 1954
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Hypsopygia mauritialis is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. It is a widespread species, known from Africa, India, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Australia and Hawaii.
The wingspan is 16–21 mm.
The larvae feed in the old nests of Vespinae wasps, including Polistes species.
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- {{cite book |last=Zimmerman |first=Elwood C. |author-link=Elwood Zimmerman |date=1958 |title=Insects of Hawaii |volume=8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea |publisher=University of Hawaii Press|hdl=10125/7337 }}
- [http://www.jpmoth.org/Pyralidae/Pyralinae/Hypsopygia_mauritialis.html Japanese Moths]
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Category:Moths described in 1833
Category:Lepidoptera of Uganda
Category:Lepidoptera of Zambia
Category:Lepidoptera of Zimbabwe
Category:Moths of Sub-Saharan Africa
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