Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pyralidae Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species H. nostralis | |
Similar Hypsopygia, Butterflies and moths, Pococera asperatella, Hypsopygia olinalis, Pococera expandens | ||
Hypsopygia nostralis, the southern hayworm moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypsopygia. It was described by Guenée in 1854. It has a wide distribution and is found in most of South America, Saint Helena, Puerto Rico and in the southern United States, from Texas to Florida.
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