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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 » Spruce Needleworm Moth  - Hodges#5529 (Hypsopygia thymetusalis)

Species Hypsopygia thymetusalis - Spruce Needleworm Moth - Hodges#5529

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 thymetusalis (Spruce Needleworm Moth - Hodges#5529)
Hodges Number
5529
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hypsopygia thymetusalis (Walker, 1859)
Botus thymetusalis Walker, 1859
Asopia devialis, Grote, 1875
Dolichomia thymetusalis, Solis & Shaffer, 1999
Size
Wingspan about 22 mm.
Range
British Columbia to eastern Canada, northeastern United States south to Oklahoma and North Carolina.
Season
Adult flight period is May to September. (1)
See Also
Hypsopygia costalis

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Hypsopygia olinalis

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Hypsopygia binodulalis
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 July, 2010 - 10:28pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 28 March, 2015 - 2:03am

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