Hypotia corticalis is a species of snout moth in the genus Hypotia.[1] It was described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775 and is known from France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Crete and the Canary Islands.[2]
| Hypotia corticalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Genus: | Hypotia |
| Species: | H. corticalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypotia corticalis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) | |
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The wingspan is about 18 mm.[3] The forewings are brownish.[4]
References
edit- ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Lepiforum.de
- ↑ Hypotia delicatalis Asselbergs, sp. n., a new species from Spain