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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths (Pyraloidea) » Pyralid Moths (Pyralidae) » Pyralinae » Pyralini » Hypsopygia » Red-shawled Moth - Hodges#5526 (Hypsopygia intermedialis)

Species Hypsopygia intermedialis - Red-shawled Moth - Hodges#5526

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Red-shawled Moth - Hypsopygia intermedialis

red-shawled moth (Pseudasopia intermedialis) - Hypsopygia intermedialis

Hypsopygia intermedialis ? - Hypsopygia intermedialis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)

Family Pyralidae (Pyralid Moths)

Subfamily Pyralinae

Tribe Pyralini

Genus Hypsopygia

Species intermedialis (Red-shawled Moth - Hodges#5526)

Hodges Number

5526

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hypsopygia intermedialis (Walker, 1862)

Dolichomia intermedialis

Herculia intermedialis

placed in genus Pseudasopia by Solis and Shaffer (1999)

Size

wingspan about 16 mm

Identification

Adult: forewing dark brownish-red; AM and PM lines black, bordered with pale yellow; no discal spot; AM line zigzagged; PM line slightly jagged, curving inward near costa to terminate in a pale yellow crescent hindwing light brownish-gray basally, with darker shading distally, and indistinct PM line.

Range

United States and southern Canada

Season

adults fly in June and July

Remarks

Dolichomia, Herculia, Cisse, Buzala, Ocrasa, Bejuda, Pseudasopia, and Orthopygia were synonymized with Hypsopygia in Leraut (2006a) (1).

See Also

closely-related species have either a smooth AM line or a large discal spot

Print References

Solis, M.A., and M. Shaffer. 1999. Contribution towards the study of the Pyralinae: historical review, morphology, and nomenclature. J. Lep. Soc. 53 (1): 1-10

Internet References

Moth Photographer Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

live and pinned adult images (Larry Line, Maryland)

pinned adult image (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)

presence in Florida; list (Michael Thomas, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)

presence in Texas; list (James Gillaspy, U. of Texas)

presence in California; list (U. of California at Berkeley)

presence in Ontario; list (NHIC; Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)

classification plus synonyms and references (Markku Savela, FUNET)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 3 March, 2016 - 5:04pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Steve Morris
Last updated 5 February, 2023 - 2:49pm

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