Hypsopygia phoezalis is a animal in the Pyralidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Hypsopygia phoezalis

Hypsopygia phoezalis

Hypsopygia phoezalis is a California snout moth species in the genus Hypsopygia with 7.5–12 mm forewings.

Family
Genus
Hypsopygia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Hypsopygia phoezalis

Hypsopygia phoezalis is a species of snout moth that belongs to the genus Hypsopygia. This moth occurs near Los Angeles and Catalina Island, located in California. The forewings of Hypsopygia phoezalis measure between 7.5 mm and 12 mm in length. Adult individuals of this species are active on the wing from April through early October.

Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pyralidae Hypsopygia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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