Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00336
Hypsopygia mauritialis
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About Hypsopygia mauritialis
Hypsopygia mauritialis has a documented Hawaiian association with old paper-wasp nests: the island-record paper lists specimens from an old Polistes nest on Hawaiʻi Island.
Natural history and identification
Hypsopygia mauritialis has a documented Hawaiian association with old paper-wasp nests: the island-record paper lists specimens from an old Polistes nest on Hawaiʻi Island. That is useful substrate evidence, distinct from an adult merely landing on a plant. Kauaʻi was already included in the species’ Hawaiian range. The nest record comes from another island and does not establish the frequency or exact nature of this association on Kauaʻi.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Historical checklist includes Kauaʻi.
Evidence limits
The cited observations describe the evidence currently available for this account. They do not establish a complete life history or a measured current Kauaʻi population trend.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Hypsopygia mauritialis
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Hypsopygia mauritialis has a documented Hawaiian association with old paper-wasp nests: the island-record paper lists specimens from an old Polistes nest on Hawaiʻi Island.