Southern hayworm

Hypsopygia nostralis, the southern hayworm moth, is a species of snout moth. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It has a wide distribution and is found in most of South America, Saint Helena, Réunion, Mauritius, Puerto Rico and in the southern United States, from Texas to Florida and Madagascar

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Southern hayworm being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Hypsopygia decoloralis

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Pyralidae

Genus

Hypsopygia

Species

Hypsopygia nostralis

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