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Species Hypsopygia new-species-two - Hypsopygia newspecies - Hodges#5533.86

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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 new-species-two (Hypsopygia newspecies - Hodges#5533.86)
Hodges Number
5533.86
Identification
"This I [is] the nicest specimen I have seen of a moth first discovered by Mike Rickard in 2015 [2012] at Santa Ana NWR.
It is a species of Hypsopygia according to Alma Solis probably undescribed.” - Ed Knudson, pers. comm., 2018.
Full discussion here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12491654
Range
Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
BIN: BOLD:ADB0139) Barcode of Life (BOLD (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 May, 2018 - 9:17pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 16 October, 2023 - 6:49am

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