Hypotia myalis
Appearance
Hypotia myalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pyralidae |
Genus: | Hypotia |
Species: | H. myalis
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Binomial name | |
Hypotia myalis (Rothschild, 1913)
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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