Hypargyria slossonella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pyralidae
Genus:
Hypargyria[1]
Species:
H. slossonella
Binomial name
Hypargyria slossonella
(Hulst, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Salebria slossonella Hulst, 1900
  • Acrobasis tenuella Barnes & McDunnough, 1913

Hypargyria slossonella is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypargyria. It was described by George Duryea Hulst in 1900, and is known from Florida[2] and Mexico.

There are several generations per year.

The larvae feed on Hippocratea volubilis.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Hypargyria Ragonot, 1888" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
  2. ↑ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University.
  3. ↑ The Larvae and Pupae of three Phycitine species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) that occur in Florida


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