Hypargyria slossonella

Hypargyria slossonella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Hypargyria
Species:
H. slossonella
Binomial name
Hypargyria slossonella
(Hulst, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Salebria slossonella Hulst, 1900
  • Acrobasis tenuella Barnes & McDunnough, 1913

Hypargyria slossonella is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypargyria. It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1900, and is known from Florida[1] and Mexico.

There are several generations per year.

The larvae feed on Hippocratea volubilis.[2]

References

  1. ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University.
  2. ^ The Larvae and Pupae of three Phycitine species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) that occur in Florida


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