Google
WWW MPG website only

Digital Guide to Moth Identification

Pyralidae
80a0683 – 5526   Hypsopygia intermedialis (Walker, 1862)
             Red-shawled Moth

© Carl Barrentine
Similar Species:
  • Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.)
Synonymy: Pyralis intermedialis Walker, 1862
Pyralis sodalis Walker, 1869
Pseudasopia squamealis Grote, 1873
Taxonomic Notes: Hypsopygia intermedialis (Walker, 1862) was formerly in the genus Pseudasopia and assigned to the genus Herculia in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist). Pseudasopia and Herculia were synonymized with Hypsopygia in 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.
  • 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 Block Island Moths
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at Mass Moths
Hypsopygia intermedialis
© Bob Patterson
Hypsopygia intermedialis
© Bob Patterson
Hypsopygia intermedialis
© Nolie Schneider
Hypsopygia intermedialis
© Ashley Bradford
Hypsopygia intermedialis
© Carol Wolf
Hypsopygia intermedialis
© Ken Childs
Hypsopygia intermedialis
© Jim Vargo

Moth Photographers Group  at the  Mississippi Entomological Museum  at the  Mississippi State University

Send suggestions, or submit photographs to Webmaster — Moth Photographers Group

Database design and scripting support provided by Mike Boone