Hypsopygia mauritialis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Hypsopygia |
| Species: | H. mauritialis
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| Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833)
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Hypsopygia mauritialis is a moth of the family Pyralidae described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. It is a widespread species, known from Africa, India, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Australia and Hawaii.
The wingspan is 16–21 mm.
The larvae feed in the old nests of Vespinae wasps, including Polistes species.
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- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.
- Japanese MothsError: "Q3144423" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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