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Hypsopygia mauritialis

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Wikipedia Abstract

Hypsopygia mauritialis is a moth of the family Pyralidae. 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.
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Prey / Diet

Shorea robusta (sal tree)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0