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Pyralidae 80a0684 – 5527   Hypsopygia phoezalis (Dyar, 1908)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: phoezalis (Dyar, 1908) (Herculia) - MONA 1983: 5527 Taxonomic Notes: Hypsopygia phoezalis (Dyar, 1908) was formerly in the genus Pseudasopia and assigned to the genus Herculia in Hodges et al. (1983) (Checklist). This species was transferred to the genus Hypsopygia in Scholtens & Solis (2015) following Leraut (2006).

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Leraut, P.J.A., 2006. Contribution à l'étude du genre Hypsopygia Hübner [Lepidoptera, Pyralidae]. Revue française d'Entomologie (nouvelle série), 28: 5-30. Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 24.39f; p. 186. Book Review and ordering 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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