Hypsopygia thymetusalis

Hypsopygia thymetusalis, the spruce needleworm moth or paler dolichomia moth, is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypsopygia. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859 and is found in the northeastern United States and adjoining Canada west to British Columbia.[2]

Hypsopygia thymetusalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Hypsopygia
Species:
H. thymetusalis
Binomial name
Hypsopygia thymetusalis
(Walker, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Botus thymetusalis Walker, 1859
  • Dolichomia thymetusalis
  • Herculia thymetusalis
  • Asopia devialis Grote, 1875

The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults are rose to violet colored with triangular, yellow costal patches.

The larvae feed on Picea species. They roll the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
  2. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum


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