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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 » Hypsopygia » Yellow-fringed Dolichomia - Hodges#5533 (Hypsopygia olinalis)

Species Hypsopygia olinalis - Yellow-fringed Dolichomia - Hodges#5533

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

Dolichomia olinalis - Hypsopygia olinalis

Yellow-fringed Dolichomia - Hypsopygia olinalis

Yellow-fringed Dolichomia Moth - Hypsopygia olinalis

Hypsopygia olinalis? – Yellow-fringed Dolichomia Moth? - Hypsopygia olinalis

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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

Genus Hypsopygia

Species olinalis (Yellow-fringed Dolichomia - Hodges#5533)

Hodges Number

5533

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hypsopygia olinalis (Guenee, 1854) Leraut, 2006

Pyralis olinalis Guenee, 1854

Herculia olinalis (Guenee, 1854)

Dolichomia olinalis (Guenee, 1854)

Synonyms:

Asopia trentonalis Lederer, 1863

Asopia himonialis Zeller, 1872

Herculia infimbrialis Dyar, 1910

Size

Forewing length 12-14 mm. (1)

TL ≈ 10mm

Identification

Adult: Purplish wings with purple outer margin • AM and PM are narrow but usually distinct, widening near the costa, forming yellow triangles • Fringe is yellow and narrow (2)

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

Range

Heppner (2003) reported the range as Nova Scotia to Florida, and Texas to Wisconsin. (4), (5), (6)

Powell & Opler (2009) extends the range west to eastern California and throughout the Rocky Mountains. (1)

Habitat

Deciduous forests

Season

On Block Island, RI, primarily univoltine, flying early June to August with a peak in late June and early July. A handful of fresh individuals have been found in August and September, suggesting a slight partial second generation occurs.(7)

Flies year-round in Florida(6)

Remarks

H. costalis rarely, if ever, has the AM and PM lines which are typical in D. olinalis (Hugh McGuinness pers. comm.)

See Also

Clover Hayworm Moth--Hypsopygia costalis

Print References

Brimley, p. 297 (8)

Covell, p. 405, plate 59 #4, Herculia olinalis (9)

Guenée, M.A., 1854 in Boisduval & Guenée. Spécies Général des Lépidoptères. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, 8: 118.

Leraut, P. J. A. 2006. Contribution à l'étude du genre Hypsopygia Hübner (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). Revue française d'Entomologie (N.S.) 28 (1): 5–30.

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, pl. 24.50; p. 186. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (10)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)(3)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	South Carolina Moth Species

5.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

6.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

7.	Block Island Moths

8.	Insects of North Carolina C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.

9.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

10.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Cotinis on 20 May, 2004 - 5:26pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Joshua Stuart Rose, Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Fyn Kynd, Blocky
Last updated 14 June, 2022 - 1:55pm

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