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Pyralidae 80a0682 – 5525   Hypsopygia planalis (Grote, 1880)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: planalis (Grote, 1880) (Asopia) - MONA 1983: 5525   Type locality: Colorado. anniculalis (Hulst, 1886) (Asopia) emend. enniculalis (Hulst, 1886) (Asopia) orig. missp. occidentalis (Hulst, 1886) (Asopia) Taxonomic Notes: Hypsopygia planalis (Grote, 1880), listed in the genus Herculia in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist), is transferred to the genus Hypsopygia in Scholtens & Solis (2015) following Leraut (2006).

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Grote, A.R., 1880. New species of moths. The North American Entomologist, 1(11): 95. Leraut, P.J.A., 2006. Contribution à l'étude du genre Hypsopygia Hübner [Lepidoptera, Pyralidae]. Revue française d'Entomologie (nouvelle série), 28: 5-30. Scholtens, B.G. & M.A. Solis, 2015. Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico. ZooKeys, 535: 1-136. Species Page at BugGuide.Net

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