| Hypsopygia mauritialis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Hypsopygia |
| Species: | H. mauritialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval, 1833) |
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Hypsopygia mauritialis is a moth of the Pyralidae family. It is a widespread species, known from Africa, India, China, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Australia and Hawaii.
The wingspan is 16-21 mm.
The larvae feed in the old nests of Vespinae wasps, including Polistes species.