Hypsopygia thymetusalis
| Hypsopygia thymetusalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Hypsopygia |
| Species: | H. thymetusalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsopygia thymetusalis (Walker, 1859)[1] | |
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The Spruce Needleworm Moth or Paler Dolichomia Moth (Hypsopygia thymetusalis) is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypsopygia. It was described by Walker in 1859, and is found in the north-eastern United States and adjoining Canada west to British Columbia.[2]
The wingspan is about 22 mm. Adults are rose to violet colored with triangular, yellow costal patches.
The larvae feed on Picea species. They roll the leaves of their host plant.