Hypotia myalis

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Hypotia myalis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Hypotia
Species:
H. myalis
Binomial name
Hypotia myalis
(Rothschild, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Constantia myalisRothschild, 1913
  • Constantia faroultiRothschild, 1915
  • Dattinia predotaeSchawerda, 1934

Hypotia myalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypotia . [1] It was described by Rothschild in 1913, and is known from the Canary Islands, [2] the central Sahara desert and Algeria.

The length of the forewings is 9–12 mm for males and 15-16.5 mm for females. [3]

References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. "lepiforum.eu". Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2012-02-08.