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Pyralidae 80a0688 – 5531   Hypsopygia nostralis (Guenée, 1854)              Southern Hayworm

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: nostralis (Guenée, 1854) (Pyralis) dissimilalis (Möschler, 1890) (Parasopia) psammioxantha (Dyar, 1917) (Herculia) sordidalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) (Herculia) tenuis (Butler, 1880) (Pyralis) venezuelensis (Amsel, 1956) (Herculia) Taxonomic Notes: Hypsopygia nostralis (Guenée, 1854) was a synonym of Herculia sordidalis (B. & McD., 1913) in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist). This species was placed in the genus Ocrasa in Shaffer and Solis (1995) and subsequently transferred to the genus 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 BugGuide.Net

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