Hypotia myalis

Hypotia myalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Genus:	Hypotia
Species:	H. myalis
Binomial name
	Hypotia myalis; (Rothschild, 1913)
Synonyms
	Constantia myalis Rothschild, 1913; Constantia faroulti Rothschild, 1915; Dattinia predotae Schawerda, 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. The forewings are brownish buff, densely clothed with brownish rufous scales. The hindwings are buffish wood-grey, densely clothed with sandy rufous scales.^[3]

References

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

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[Pyraloidea_db-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.

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