African Moths Gambia


     

Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833)

Sanguine Pyrale.

SYNONYMS
Asopia mauritalis, Endotricha crobulus, Pyralis ducalis, Pyralis lucillalis, Hypsopygia laticilialis, Hypsopygia pfeifferi,

 

SPECIES IN GENUS :- 34
alluaudalis, ambrensis, audeoudi, bamakoensis, boudinoti, caesialis, camerounalis, castaneorufa, cineralis, ecbrunnealis, ecrhodalis, flavirufalis, griseobrunnea, griveaudalis, haemograpta, helenensis, Ignefimbrialis, joannisalis, lacteocilia, mabokealis, maesalis, mauritialis, meridocrossa, nosibealis, nostralis, olapalis, perpulverea, perrubralis, pyrerythra, roseotincta, sanguinalis, thyelodes, tristelis, vulgaris,

 

DISTRIBUTION
DRCongo, La Reunion, Madagascar, Mauritius, Sudan,

 

LARVAL FOODPLANTS
In wasps nest,

Hypsopygia mauritialis
Upperside
 
Upperside
 
Underside
Hypsopygia mauritialis   Hypsopygia mauritialis   Hypsopygia mauritialis
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Photo: Oxford Museum
 
Distribution Map
 
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