Yellow-fringed Dolichomia Moth
Hypsopygia olinalis (Guenée, 1854)
Yellow-fringed Dolichomia Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/6828
Synonyms
Dolichomia infimbrialis  Dolichomia olinalis  Herculia infimbrialis  Herculia olinalis  Hodges #5532  Hodges #5533 
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Description

Compare Clover Hayworm Moth.

View Yellow-fringed Dolichomia and Clover Hayworm Moth BugGuide diagrams: Yellow-fringed Dolichomia and Clover Hayworm.

Relationships

Larvae feed on oaks.

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Hypsopygia olinalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Hypsopygia
Species:
H. olinalis
Binomial name
Hypsopygia olinalis
(Guenée, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Pyralis olinalis Guenée, 1854
  • Dolichomia olinalis
  • Asopia trentonalis Lederer, 1863
  • Asopia himonialis Zeller, 1872
  • Herculia infimbrialis Dyar, 1908
  • Herculia olinalis (Guenée, 1854)

Hypsopygia olinalis, the yellow-fringed dolichomia, is a moth of the family Pyralidae. It is found in eastern North America.

The wingspan is 16–24 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in the American north-east and from May to September in North Carolina.

The larvae feed on Quercus species.

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